a delinquent youth

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• delinquent — de·lin·quent 1 /di liŋ kwənt/ n: a delinquent person; esp: juvenile delinquent delinquent 2 adj [Latin delinquent delinquens, present participle of delinquere to commit (an offense), err] 1 a: offending by neglect or violation of duty or law …   Law dictionary

• youth — noun 1 period of your life when you are young ADJECTIVE ▪ early ▪ lost ▪ nostalgia for her lost youth ▪ misspent (often humorous) ▪ His lack …   Collocations dictionary

• Youth detention center — A youth detention center, also known as juvenile hall, is a prison for people from the age of responsibility, which varies by jurisdiction, to the age of majority, which also varies by jurisdiction. An offender residing in a center is… …   Wikipedia

• delinquent — adj. Delinquent is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑behaviour, ↑child, ↑youth …   Collocations dictionary

• youth — youngster / youth [n] person before the age of maturity boy, chick*, cub*, fledgling, girl, junior, juvenile, juvenile delinquent*, kid*, lad, lass, pup, pupil, student, teenager, young person; concepts 414,424 Ant. adult  youth [n] early period… …   New thesaurus

• Neglected or Delinquent Technical Assistance Center (NDTAC) — The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent or At Risk (NDTAC)[1] is the result of a contract between the U.S.Department of Education and the American Institutes… …   Wikipedia

• Winlaton Youth Training Centre — Infobox Prisons prison name=Winlaton Youth Training Centre location=Victoria status=Closed classification= Remand to Maximum Security capacity= 45 Actual 100 + opened=1956 closed=1993 managed by=Youth Welfare Division, Social Welfare Department… …   Wikipedia

• Texas Youth Commission — The Texas Youth Commission (TYC) is a Texas state agency which operates juvenile corrections facilities in the state. The commission is headquartered in the Brown Heatly Building in Austin. As of 2007 it was the second largest juvenile… …   Wikipedia

• juvenile delinquent — noun a young offender • Syn: ↑delinquent • Derivationally related forms: ↑delinquent (for: ↑delinquent) • Hypernyms: ↑wrongdoer, ↑offender …   Useful english dictionary

• British Columbia Youth Parliament — The British Columbia Youth Parliament (BCYP) is a youth service organization that operates in the guise of a parliament in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The BCYP fulfills its motto of Youth Serving Youth by means of legislation… …   Wikipedia

• fashions, youth —    The history of postwar British fashion and music formations reveals the collective ways in which nonelite groups and communities of young people have shaped distinctive cultures as ‘particular ways of life’. Music and fashion have been used as …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture