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juvenile

[joo-vuh-nl, -nahyl] / ˈdʒu və nl, -ˌnaɪl /


NOUN
young person
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STRONGEST


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County Probation Department since 2008 to house youths who are transitioning out of the county’s juvenile halls.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Instead, the cells appeared to regress into a more juvenile form.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

The training involved participation and coaching by people who were incarcerated at Graterford prison, in Pennsylvania—many of them juvenile lifers.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

After handling general felonies and misdemeanors in the adult criminal and juvenile courts, he was assigned in 2022 to the Mental Health Division.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

“Is it true? Did you hack into the computers of the city’s juvenile justice system?”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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