I. adjective
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juvenile delinquent
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■ NOUN
child
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Residential care has long been associated with care of deprived and delinquent children .
subculture
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Below we reproduce Cohen's definition of a delinquent subculture .
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delinquent children
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Jail is not a good place to rehabilitate delinquent youths.
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The federal government hopes to increase its collection of delinquent taxes.
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Below we reproduce Cohen's definition of a delinquent subculture.
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Bono is derived from some gang name he acquired during a recent delinquent youth.
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Fundamentally she is a slightly delinquent page-boy with small buttocks and an upturned nose.
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He said collection of delinquent payments has increased from $ 8 billion to $ 11 billion under his administration.
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Intel converted part of the delinquent accounts receivable to a loan last fall.
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Terms of cash on delivery or advance payment should be instituted for future sales to consistently delinquent accounts.
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The pregnant woman who refuses to present herself for her regular scans is delinquent in her duty to herself and her baby.
II. noun
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■ ADJECTIVE
juvenile
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They could become a den for juvenile delinquents .
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He later worked with juvenile delinquents in a Florida youth services program.
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It is difficult to point to the material goals which football hooligans or juvenile delinquents are chasing.
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He didn't want to be a juvenile delinquent .
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The other people were a mixture of juvenile delinquents and retarded middle aged criminals.
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This week's focus is on juvenile delinquents .
young
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He blames most of the problem on young local delinquents .
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Consider Shakespeare's only fully-realised portrait of a young delinquent: Prince Hal.
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Many people feared that the 1969 Act was too radical and would make life too easy for the young delinquent .
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He blames most of the town's problems on local delinquents.
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More than half of all juvenile delinquents currently in state institutions have disturbed family backgrounds.
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He blames most of the problem on young local delinquents.
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It is difficult to point to the material goals which football hooligans or juvenile delinquents are chasing.
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Moreover, it is perhaps doubtful whether many delinquents hold openly oppositional views or values as Cohen suggests.
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The definition of an individual as a delinquent provides an example.
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The process of becoming a delinquent is the same as the process of becoming, let us say, a Boy Scout.