juvie
AmericanEtymology
Origin of juvie
First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening and alteration
Example Sentences
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“He spent time in ‘juvie,’ became a ward of the state.”
From Seattle Times
Two and a half years in juvie didn’t sound generous to Sara, but it probably wasn’t much worse than her last few foster homes.
From Literature
An unreliable but exploitable rumor about PJ and Josie’s hard-knock life in juvie leads our heroines to their Big Idea: starting a self-defense club for females, with noble intentions up front but a yen to get close to the gorgeous, popular girls as a bonus.
From Seattle Times
Amber, who once aspired to study art history, has managed to earn a GED in juvie and, after moving to Florida, a four-year college degree in French.
From Los Angeles Times
Here, in the drainage of the American dream, we meet Ezra Green, a gangly, snaggletoothed teenager who’s been shipped off to Last Chance Camp, a correctional facility in Colorado — on scholarship, he adds, to distinguish himself from the wealthier delinquents merely eluding juvie.
From New York Times
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