detention home
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6.5
- noun
- /dɪˈtɛnʃən hoʊm/
- UK
:
centro de detención juvenil
- Our experience is that juveniles are generally sentenced to local or regional detention homes, 100% of which are paid for by localities.
- juvenile detention home
Examples
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Juvenile courts, detention homes classified into children in need of protection; children in temporary custody and juveniles awaiting trial.
Academic text (2011) -
"Honestly, Ben," my father said at the end of fourth grade, "you've got to pull yourself together, or we'll be visiting you at the juvenile detention home."
Fiction book (2000) -
After being caught shoplifting, he was sent to a juvenile detention home for rehabilitation.
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The judge ordered that the youth attend regular counseling while living in the detention home during his sentence.
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She spent several months in a detention home where she received education and support for her behavior.
Synonyms
48
9.9
A place where young people are held for crimes
15
6.3
A locked place where young people who break the law are kept
4
8.3
A place where young people who break the law are sent to be taught to behave better
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7.7
A place where young people who broke the law are kept by the court for a short time
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6.2
A place where young people who broke the law stay temporarily under court care
A place where authorities keep young people for a short time after breaking the law
How Restrictive
15
6.3
- UK
1
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'detention' (being kept in custody) combined with 'home' (a residential institution) yields a place where people are held temporarily. This follows a straightforward noun+noun compounding pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Detention home comes from the words detention (being held) and home (a place to live); imagine a house where young people who broke the law are kept and looked after for a short time while the court decides what to do. That's why it means 'a place where young people are held for a short time by the court'.