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

Creed begins in 1998, when Adonis Creed is an adolescent in juvie with a natural talent for taking on kids twice his size.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2015

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

“If you can’t stick it out, I might have to figure out a way to go to juvie with you. And that would suck for both of us.”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline