JUVENILE DELINQUENTS Synonyms: 52 Similar Words

juvenile delinquents

noun

plural of juvenile delinquent

as in gangsters

a young person who has committed a crime

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Noun

Badly in Love manages to break through because the cast of men and women looking for true love are from the Japanese yankii subculture—juvenile delinquents, motorcycle gangsters, troubled women, and more.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026
Remember all those fake memoirs from the early 2000s, by all those writers pretending to be addicts and gangsters and Holocaust survivors?

— James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

Definition of gangsters

Noun

The series has lent a cinematic gangster attraction to the Peaky Blinders, yet the term itself was not one gang — as depicted in the show — but a generic expression from the late 19th century for the ‘street ruffians’ of Birmingham, born out of the city’s ring of poverty.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2026
In fact, the GTW ruffians have to give the Big Honey some props for his relative restraint in the heat of the moment.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026

Definition of ruffians

Noun

The new manager solved the Bang Records problem by walking into a Ninth Avenue warehouse and handing over $20,000 in cash to two mobsters dressed to the nines.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Hoffa drove to a restaurant in a Detroit suburb to meet two reputed mobsters.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 July 2026

Definition of mobsters

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After a morning briefing, hikers spend up to one hour observing the gorillas in their natural habitat, according to Visit Rwanda.

— Ashley Lynch July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Bakari previously lived at another Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)-accredited zoo with a group of bachelor male gorillas before being gradually introduced to the troop at Animal Kingdom.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

Definition of gorillas

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In the past decade, the leadership of the Kinahan organization has become rich and cosmopolitan, and their life styles have started to resemble those of international businessmen more than of street hoodlums.

— Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
The first pictures McCullin took were of hoodlums and down-and-outs, subjects that reflected his own hardscrabble background.

— Andrew Pulver, Air Mail, 31 Jan. 2026

Definition of hoodlums

Noun

There’s still time to make the most of your Southern summer, with old-fashioned traditions to help you—and perhaps a few other neighborhood hooligans from back in the day—feel like a kid again.

— Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 22 July 2026
Andric argued that former soccer players targeted by hooligans were indeed a social group deserving protection, but the judges didn’t buy it.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

Definition of hooligans

Noun

The passing of 30 years has only enhanced the appeal of the group’s Nashville detour, shifting attention from the incongruity of Ween cutting a country record to the joyous chemistry between these old pros and young punks.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 1 Aug. 2026
Photo by Barry Brecheisen Swedish post punks Viagra Boys helped close out night one of Lollapalooza 2026 during a one hour set adjacent to the Art Institute of Chicago on the Airbnb stage.

— Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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