correctionaladjective
uk/kəˈrek.ʃən.əl/us/kəˈrek.ʃən.əl/mainly US formalrelating to the punishment and treatment of people who have committed crimes:
a correctional program
correctional personnel
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Punishing & punishments
- bar
- be brought/called to account idiom
- boot
- bring
- bum rap
- carrot
- chastise
- clobber
- crucify
- kick
- kick (some) ass idiom
- non-custodial
- parking ticket
- penal
- penalize
- string
- strip
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
- wheel clamp
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