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juvenile delinquency

behavior by young persons of not more than a specified age, usually 18 years, that is antisocial or in violation of the law

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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