juvenile

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Officers learned the juvenile was at a home just down the street from where the shooting took place at Dearing and Tower avenues.

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  1. adjective Not fully grown or developed; young.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, characteristic of, intended for, or appropriate for children or young people: juvenile fashions.
  3. adjective Marked by immaturity; childish: juvenile behavior. See Synonyms at young.

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  • Police Lt. Chuck Wheeler says the juvenile was arrested after trying to pass a fake bill at a —  NewsOK.com RSS - home
  • Just because Paras Shah belonged to a Royal Family member and the heir apparent to the throne, his mistakes as a juvenile were forced to take a shape of a crime by non other than the conspirators who would have benefited by tarnishing the image of the Institution of Monarchy. —  Los Angeles Chronicle
  • If a juvenile is testifying in a public court hearing, the circumstances of the case will have to be considered before a decision is made on naming the juvenile. —  The Roanoke Times: Home page
  • If a juvenile is a surviving victim of a crime, the circumstances of that case also must be considered before a decision is made. —  The Roanoke Times: Home page
  • Under Louisiana law indecent behavior with a juvenile is a violation of revised statute
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin iuvenīlis, from iuvenis, young; see yeu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French juvenile = Provencal jovenil, juvenil = Spanish Portuguese juvenil = Italian giovenile, giovanile, from Latin juvenilis, youthful, juvenile, from juvenis, young, akin to juvencus, young, = Anglo-Saxon iung, geong, English young: see young
 

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/ˈdʒuvɛnɪl/
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