juvenile delinquency
noun/ˌdʒuːvənaɪl dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi/
/ˌdʒuːvənl dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi/
[uncountable]- the problem of young people who are not yet adults committing crimeTopics Crime and punishmentc2
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