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

Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes compared the approach to that of the American FBI who prosecuted Al Capone in the 1930s for tax evasion, rather than the murders he was suspected of.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

"We're operating a criminal justice system which, in order to protect the courtroom, really locks down information about investigations when they're under way," Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes, the UK's head of counter-terrorism policing, told Panorama.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025

The UK’s head of counter-terror policing, Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes, told me for the BBC’s Newscast that “X was an enormous driver” of posts that contributed to the summer’s disorder.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024

Lorraine Jukes, who has the condition, said: "Here I am in April 2024, with only four days of medication left."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024

Mr. Jukes did not return and Mr. Harper did not come down again.

From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.