Juvenile delinquent

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A persistent young offender; an antisocial minor, one who has committed criminal acts such as theft or violence.

    "This cow-creamer, in case you're interested, was a silver jug or pitcher or whatever you call it shaped, of all silly things, like a cow with an arching tail and a juvenile-delinquent expression on its face, a cow that looked as if it were planning, next time it was milked, to haul off and let the milkmaid have it in the lower ribs."

  2. 2
    a young offender wordnet

Etymology

From juvenile + delinquent.

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