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Definition of juvenile delinquency noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

juvenile delinquency

noun

/ˌdʒuːvənaɪl dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi/

/ˌdʒuːvənl dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi/

[uncountable]

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the problem of young people who are not yet adults committing crimeTopics Crime and punishmentc2

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