juvenile delinquent

noun

Definition of juvenile delinquentnext
as in tough
a young person who has committed a crime

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for juvenile delinquent
  1. tough
  2. gangster
  3. mobster
  4. gorilla
  5. ruffian
  6. thug
  7. hoodlum
  8. rowdy
Noun
  • Williams is already Beale Street jerky tough and looks like a plug-and-play 3-and-D wing.
    Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 11 Apr. 2024
  • When a set of tortuous toughs relocate to the neighborhood, his temperament shifts and the scenes increasingly unravel the inner workings of his shaken psyche.
    Holly Jones, Variety, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of tough
Noun
  • Rolling with the sound of Slo-Be Bryant 3, one of the great West Coast tapes of the 2020s, Slo-Be’s steely, ominous murmurs give his sentimental gangster rap the air of sorcery.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
  • However, as the volatile gangster, the caregiver and bumbling daddy’s boy begin to plot and scheme, things don’t exactly go according to plan.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of gangster
Noun
  • He’s most commonly associated with his role as OLTL mobster Carlo, which earned him a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 1992.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Moderator Grae Drake asked Reeves how far he was pushed to play the titular hitman who gets revenge on the Russian mobsters responsible for the death of his dog.
    Eric Andersson, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of mobster
Noun
  • Competing products are likely to find that Sora Turbo becomes the 600-pound gorilla and the elephant in the room.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Right now in Kigali, an exciting food scene is growing, fueled in part by the moneyed travelers who pass through on their way to the country’s pricey lodges for gorilla trekking.
    Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of gorilla
Noun
  • Troy Stecher is a puck-mover with some two-way ability but is not considered a ruffian in the corners and in front of the net.
    Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Then again, the fight scene did that on its own, sounding more refined than ruffian.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of ruffian
Noun
  • Long maintaining that the protesters are just thugs, Najmeh painfully removes the rounds from Sadaf’s bleeding wounds, her assumptions about the government she’s loyally obeyed falling away.
    Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The society of Iverson’s youth rendered him an unredeemable thug and jailed him for it as a minor.
    Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of thug
Noun
  • However, their dreams are threatened by the hoodlums in the Riverbottom Gang.
    EW.com, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
  • While Muhammad Ali made his professional boxing comeback with a win against Jerry Quarry at Atlanta’s Municipal Auditorium on October 26, 1970, a group of hoodlums robbed the Black Mafia of more than $1 million in cash and jewelry at a nearby after-party.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
Definition of hoodlum
Noun
  • The Horned Frogs have more talent and experience than the Buffaloes but will have to battle the heightened elevation and the rowdy, Colorado home-field advantage.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Anna Kendrick, Michelle Yeoh, and Denzel Washington all got the same rowdy yet amiable energy.
    Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 July 2022
Definition of rowdy
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