borstal
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈbɔːstəl/
- Archaic
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institución correccional
- At the age of 16, he found himself in borstal instead of a traditional high school.
I had come up through proof school, borstal detention, prison and everything else.
- I had come up through proof school, borstal detention, prison and everything else.
- But then I, I look, you know, I went in to Borstals, you know, I went to places like Feltham.
- And, you know, I wanted to test myself and be able to tell you that, yeah, I'd done ADC, I'd done a Borstal.
Examples
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One by one, they were caught, sent to borstal, or returned to parents and school.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's your first borstal, isn't it, lad?
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You are borstal boys now.
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A borstal boy's word is good enough for me.
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I wish my Johnny had gone to university instead of borstal.
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Apart from absconding, your record at your previous borstal was clean, Davis.
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Davis, you were fool enough to run away from an open borstal, and you'll very soon be wishing you were back there.
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Three years borstal.
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After committing a crime, he was sent to borstal to reform his behavior.
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She often spoke about her time in borstal, where she learned valuable life lessons.
Synonyms
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6.8
A school where young people who break the law learn rules and work skills
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8.3
A place where young people who break the law are sent to be taught to behave better
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word borstal comes from the name of a village, Borstal, in England, where the first 'school for young offenders' was set up in the early 1900s. So a borstal became the name for a special institution for young people sent there instead of an adult prison.