Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A juvenile guilty of antisocial or criminal behavior.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A child or person of minor age who commits acts which would be considered criminal if performed by an adult, such as theft, vandalism, or violence; especially, one who habitually acts in such an antisocial manner and cannot be controlled by parents. Abbreviated JD.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law A persistent young
offender ; anantisocial minor , one who has committed criminal acts such as theft or violence.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a young offender
Etymologies
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From juvenile + delinquent.
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