Word forms: re-educates, re-educating, re-educatedregional note: in AM, also use reeducate
verb
If an organization such as a government tries to re-educate a group of people, they try to make them adopt new attitudes, beliefs, or types of behaviour.
The government should re-educate the public about the dangers of easy credit. [VERB noun]
re-educationuncountable noun
...a programme of punishment and re-education of political dissidents. [+ of]