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PINS

American  
[pinz] / pɪnz /

noun

  1. a person of less than 16 years of age placed under the jurisdiction of a juvenile court because of habitual disobedience, intractability, or antisocial but noncriminal behavior.

Etymology

Origin of PINS

P(erson) I(n) N(eed of ) S(upervision)

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