juvie
Example Sentences
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Amber, who once aspired to study art history, has managed to earn a GED in juvie and, after moving to Florida, a four-year college degree in French.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
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
Seventeen years later, when she returns to the Hamptons as Emily, the same canine bounds up to her as if she never got sent to juvie!
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2012
I wonder if he has been to juvie before, but decide I don’t really care.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2012
“And if Lonna hears about this, you know he’ll end up in juvie detention,” Beatrice said gloomily, “until she finds a new military school. Probably someplace far-off, like Guam, where he can’t run away.”
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
