Definitions for juvenile delinquency

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ju′venile delin′quency(n.)

  1. illegal or antisocial behavior by a minor, constituting a matter for action by the juvenile courts.

    Category: Law

Origin of juvenile delinquency:

1810–20

Princeton's WordNet

  1. delinquency, juvenile delinquency(noun)

    an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Juvenile Delinquency

    The antisocial acts of children or persons under age which are illegal or lawfully interpreted as constituting delinquency.


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