juvenile delinquent

From juvenile + delinquent.

juvenile delinquent (plural juvenile delinquents)

1. (law) A persistent young offender; an antisocial minor, one who has committed criminal acts such as theft or violence.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:

     This cow-creamer, in case you're interested, was a silver jug or pitcher or whatever you call it shaped, of all silly things, like a cow with an arching tail and a juvenile-delinquent expression on its face, a cow that looked as if it were planning, next time it was milked, to haul off and let the milkmaid have it in the lower ribs.

• juvenile offender
• (informal) juvey

• juvenile hall