juvie


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ju·vie

 (jo͞o′vē)
adj. Slang
Juvenile: juvie court.

[Shortening and alteration of juvenile.]
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juvie

(ˈdʒuːvɪ)
n
a juvenile detention centre
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He was settling down after a childhood that included drugs, drinking, participation in a punk band, an intentional frost-tipped mohawk, theft, arrests, at least one stint in juvie and emancipation from his parents at 16.
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They were ready to put you in jail." Just ask LA-based artist, filmmaker, and poet Bob Branaman, who was first introduced to art while serving a stint in juvie way back in Kansas.
Right, a juvie tripletail displays its efforts to hide beneath the crab pot buoy--so touching.
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