HyperDic: reform_school

English > 1 sense of the expression reform school:
NOUNartifactreform school, reformatory, training schoolcorrectional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
English > reform school: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaningcorrectional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders.
Synonymsreformatory, training school
Narrowerborstalformerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison
Broadercorrectional institutionA penal institution maintained by the government
Spanishcorreccional, reformatorio
Catalancorreccional, reformatori

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