Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

status offender

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: sta-tus of-fend-er
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who commits a status offense; especially a juvenile delinquent taken into state care for uncontrollable behavior at home.

Example Sentences

"The Department concluded that if the State fully complied with the Federal requirement for deinstitutionalization of status offenders it would need substantially more group homes and child caring facilities."
"In reality, many children who become status offenders come from neglectful or dysfunctional homes in which the parents or responsible adult has not cultivated the appropriate adult-child relationship and fundamental respect has broken down."

Inflected Forms

status offenders (plural)

Questions

What does status offender mean?: One who commits a status offense; especially a juvenile delinquent taken into state care for uncontrollable behavior at home.

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