juvie
Example Sentences
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“I’m from St. Louis. I ain’t ever been to juvie a day in my life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
We don’t need to guess the Q words, since all such solution words also have the letter U. That makes juvie our best guess.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2022
How does someone go from a warden at juvie to being lieutenant governor?
From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2016
I wonder if he has been to juvie before, but decide I don’t really care.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2012
Two and a half years in juvie didn’t sound generous to Sara, but it probably wasn’t much worse than her last few foster homes.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
