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juvenile delinquent
juvenile delinquent (plural juvenile delinquents)


noun 
Definition:
 
young criminal: a young person who habitually breaks the law, especially somebody repeatedly charged with vandalism or other antisocial behaviour

juvenile delinquency noun
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