juvenile delinquency

noun

Participation in illegal behaviour by minors.

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juvenile offendingyouth crimedelinquency
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Meanings

nounjuvenile delinquency (uncountable)
  1. uncountablelawParticipation in illegal behaviour by minors.

    Synonyms: juvenile offending, youth crime

Synonyms & antonyms

nounParticipation in illegal behaviour by minors.

Similar
juvenile offendingyouth crime

More synonyms by meaning

nounan antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor

Similar
delinquency
Broader
misbehaviormisbehaviourmisdeed
Also see
delinquency

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Basque gazteen delinkuentzia
  • gazteen delinkuentziaparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Catalan delinqüència juvenil
  • delinqüència juvenilparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Chinese Cantonese 青少年犯罪
  • 青少年犯罪 (cing¹ siu³ nin⁴ faan⁶ zeoi⁶)participation in illegal behaviour by minors
Chinese Mandarin 青少年犯罪
  • 青少年犯罪 (qīngshàonián fànzuì)participation in illegal behaviour by minors
Esperanto junula krimeco
  • junula krimecoparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Estonian alaealiste kuritegevus
  • alaealiste kuritegevusparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Finnish nuorisorikollisuus
  • nuorisorikollisuusparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
French délinquance juvénile
  • délinquance juvénileparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
German Jugendkriminalität
  • Jugendkriminalitätparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Greek εγκληματικότητα ανηλίκων
  • εγκληματικότητα ανηλίκων (egklimatikótita anilíkon)participation in illegal behaviour by minors
Hawaiian lawehala ʻōpiopio
  • lawehala ʻōpiopioparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Hungarian fiatalkori bűnözés
  • fiatalkori bűnözésparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Indonesian kenakalan remaja
  • kenakalan remajaparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Italian delinquenza minorile
  • delinquenza minorileparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Japanese 少年非行
  • 少年非行 (shōnen hikō)participation in illegal behaviour by minors
Korean 청소년 비행
  • 청소년 비행 (cheongsonyeon bihaeng)participation in illegal behaviour by minors
Norwegian Bokmål ungdomskriminalitet
  • ungdomskriminalitetparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Norwegian Nynorsk ungdomskriminalitet
  • ungdomskriminalitetparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Polish przestępczość nieletnich
  • przestępczość nieletnichparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Portuguese delinquência juvenil
  • delinquência juvenilparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Russian престу́пность несовершенноле́тних
  • престу́пность несовершенноле́тних (prestúpnostʹ nesoveršennolétnix)participation in illegal behaviour by minors
Spanish delincuencia juvenil
  • delincuencia juvenilparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Swedish ungdomsbrottslighet
  • ungdomsbrottslighetparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Turkish çocuk suçluluğu
  • çocuk suçluluğuparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Welsh troseddau ieuenctid
  • troseddau ieuenctidparticipation in illegal behaviour by minors
Cite this entry
APA

juvenile delinquency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/juvenile%20delinquency

MLA

“juvenile delinquency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/juvenile%20delinquency. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “juvenile delinquency,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/juvenile%20delinquency.

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