juvenile delinquent
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Warner said he had a teacher who became his mentor and encouraged his interest in drama, adding that it was a choice between acting or "being a juvenile delinquent".
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2022
He was headed for jail as a juvenile delinquent when a sympathetic judge offered him an alternative: Join the military.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2022
He also began getting into mischief, and his parents, worried that he was becoming a juvenile delinquent, sent him to Miami when he was 14 to live with a married brother, Cyril.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2022
A brainy classmate helps a cocky juvenile delinquent find the right path in life.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2020
She clutches my sleeve and leads me out to the car, like I’m a juvenile delinquent she arrested.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
