Jukes

American  

[jooks] / dʒuks /

noun

1. the fictitious name of an actual family that was the focus of a 19th-century sociological study of the inheritance of feeble-mindedness and its correlation with social degeneracy.

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Example Sentences

Last month, the Met confirmed it had removed more than 1,400 officers and staff from its ranks in three years in what Deputy Commissioner Jukes called an "Al Capone" approach to uncover wrongdoing.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

"We are breaking up and busting up teams," Jukes said.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

But Matt Jukes, the UK's Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, says it is relatively easy for police to infiltrate criminal groups because they are not ideologically aligned with the Iranian regime.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

Harder to tackle are those posts that fall into what Mr Jukes calls the “lawful but awful” category.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024

The Blackhampton Rovers must either accept Mr. W. H. Jukes with all his limitations, or lose the type of goalkeeper they had been seeking up and down the land for many a year.

From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.