juvie
AmericanEtymology
Origin of juvie
First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening and alteration
Example Sentences
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A troubled teen opts for church summer camp over a stretch in juvie in the inspirational 2021 musical romance “A Week Away.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2021
How does someone go from a warden at juvie to being lieutenant governor?
From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2016
Creed begins in 1998, when Adonis Creed is an adolescent in juvie with a natural talent for taking on kids twice his size.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2015
I wonder if he has been to juvie before, but decide I don’t really care.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2012
“If you can’t stick it out, I might have to figure out a way to go to juvie with you. And that would suck for both of us.”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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