Phrase guide

juvenile delinquency

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Participation in illegal behaviour by minors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: law

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: delinquency

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: yuvenal cinayətkarlıq — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Basque: gazteen delinkuentzia — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Catalan: delinqüència juvenil — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Chinese Cantonese: 青少年犯罪 (cing1 siu3 nin4 faan6 zeoi6) — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 青少年犯罪 (qīngshàonián fànzuì) — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Esperanto: junula krimeco — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Estonian: alaealiste kuritegevus — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Finnish: nuorisorikollisuus — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • French: délinquance juvénile — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Galician: delincuencia xuvenil — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • German: Jugendkriminalität — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Greek: εγκληματικότητα ανηλίκων (egklimatikótita anilíkon) — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Hawaiian: lawehala ʻōpiopio — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Hungarian: fiatalkori bűnözés — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Indonesian: kenakalan remaja — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Italian: delinquenza minorile — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Japanese: 少年非行 (shōnen hikō) — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Korean: 청소년 비행 (cheongsonyeon bihaeng) — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ungdomskriminalitet — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ungdomskriminalitet — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Polish: przestępczość nieletnich — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Portuguese: delinquência juvenil — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Russian: престу́пность несовершенноле́тних (prestúpnostʹ nesoveršennolétnix) — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Serbo-Croatian: малолетничка делинквенција — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Serbo-Croatian: maloletnička delinkvencija — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Spanish: delincuencia juvenil — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Swedish: ungdomsbrottslighet — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Turkish: çocuk suçluluğu — participation in illegal behaviour by minors
  • Welsh: troseddau ieuenctid — participation in illegal behaviour by minors