borstal

Related topics: Jail & punishment, Youth

bor·stal /ˈbɔːstl $ ˈbɔːr-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] British EnglishBrE old-fashioned

SCJSSYa special prison for criminals who are not old enough to be in an ordinary prison 少年犯教养院，少年犯感化院

Examples from the Corpus

borstal• As the years had progressed a series of petty crimes had seen him in remand homes, borstals and finally prison.• After a spell in borstal he was introduced to influential figures in the London underworld of the mid-60s.

Origin borstal

(1900-2000) Borstal, village in Kent, southeast England, where the first such prison was

单词	borstal
释义	borstal Related topics: Jail & punishment, Youth bor·stal /ˈbɔːstl $ ˈbɔːr-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] British EnglishBrE old-fashioned SCJSSYa special prison for criminals who are not old enough to be in an ordinary prison 少年犯教养院，少年犯感化院 Examples from the Corpus borstal• As the years had progressed a series of petty crimes had seen him in remand homes, borstals and finally prison.• After a spell in borstal he was introduced to influential figures in the London underworld of the mid-60s. Origin borstal (1900-2000) Borstal, village in Kent, southeast England, where the first such prison was
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