Definitions for juvenile delinquency
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ju′venile delin′quency(n.)
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
delinquency, juvenile delinquency(noun)
an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Juvenile Delinquency
The antisocial acts of children or persons under age which are illegal or lawfully interpreted as constituting delinquency.
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