juvie
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈdʒuːvi/
- Slang
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delincuente juvenil
- You didn't learn nothing in juvie, did you?
- got sent to juvie
- send him to juvie
Examples
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Many young people end up in juvie due to mistakes made during their teenage years.
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She's got her own juvie record to prove it!
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Oh, and her juvie record.
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We got one employee who had some juvie stuff.
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You know Holly and I were together for a while before juvie.
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You know, a long time ago, two best homeboys, two kids were thrown into juvie.
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This guy's a juvie.
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Local, born and bred; parents died in a fire when he was eight; couple of group homes, some juvie stuff; entered the fire academy, only job he's ever had.
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After committing a small crime, he found himself in juvie for a few months.
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The story follows a boy's experiences in juvie and how it changed his life.
Synonyms
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6.1
A young person who commits crimes or behaves badly
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5.3
A young person under 18 who breaks the law, for example by stealing or damaging things
Surface Forms
Etymology
Juvie began as a slang shortening of juvenile and juvenile delinquent, words that mean a 'young' person in trouble, so it also came to mean the young offender themself. That's why someone can be called a juvie after legal trouble.