a prison; a reformatory.
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释义 | society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > reform school (7) house of reformation1581 a prison; a reformatory. reformatory1758 An institution for the discipline and reform of criminal offenders; (now chiefly North American) one to which young offenders are sent as an… reform school1839 = reformatory school n. at reformatory, adj. n.compounds. truant-school1872 an industrial school to which truant or other children may be sent by order of a magistrate. training school1905 a school teaching a profession or occupational skills; spec. (North American) a vocational institution for young offenders. approved school1932 a place of training for boys or girls who have been found guilty of offences or exposed to moral danger. juvie1967 A juvenile or juvenile delinquent; also, a detention centre or a court for juvenile delinquents. |
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