juvie

ju·vie

[joo-vee]
noun Slang.
1.
a juvenile, especially a juvenile delinquent.
2.
a juvenile court.
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juvie definition

[ˈdʒuvi]
  1. n.
    a police officer concerned with juveniles. (Underworld.) : The juvies have to know juvenile law cold.
  2. n.
    a youth; a teenager under age eighteen. (Underworld.) : I work with juvies a lot. I try to get them back on the track.
  3. mod.
    juvenile. : She still has a lot of juvie attitudes.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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juvie
juvenile
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