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ju⋅vie

  [joo-vee]
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–noun Slang.
1. a juvenile, esp. a juvenile delinquent.
2. a juvenile court.
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ju·vie   (jōō'vē)   
adj.   Slang
Juvenile: juvie court.

[Shortening and alteration of juvenile.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
juvie [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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Abbreviations & Acronyms
juvie
juvenile
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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