penal institution
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈpiːnəl ˌɪnstəˈtuːʃən/
- Formal
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institución penal
- In colonial Kenya, many penal institutions showed a remarkable level of integration into wider society and were locations for the amalgamation of prisoners with one another.
His mom was in and out of penal institutions.
- His mom was in and out of penal institutions.
Examples
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I'm facing a felony: introduction of contraband into a penal institution.
Fiction book (2001) -
Power relations within penal institutions, Zinoman shows, are far more complex than that of a panoptic authority able to condition the behavior and bodies of powerless inmates.
Academic text (2005) -
I run three penal institutions.
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Order in penal institutions is, of course, dependent upon consent.
Academic text (2005) -
The locating of penal institutions in urban areas is, of course, hardly unique to Kenya.
Academic text (2005) -
They were war heroes whose isolation from society was surely greater than that of most of the inmates in our penal institutions.
Fiction book (1998) -
The colonial regime responded to growing incidences of crime and the predilection of the judiciary to imprison offenders by multiplying the number of penal institutions.
Academic text (2005) -
Many inmates hope to receive rehabilitation while serving their time in a penal institution.
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Convicts are often transferred to a more secure penal institution after repeated offenses.
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The penal institution focuses on both punishment and reform for those who have committed crimes.
Synonyms
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1.0
A building where people are kept as punishment or while waiting for trial
∞
1.0
A building where people are kept as punishment or while waiting for their trial
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4.1
A building where police keep people who are waiting for trial or serving a sentence
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4.2
A building like a prison where people are kept as punishment and given training
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8.2
A place, often on an island, where the government keeps people sent there for crimes and they cannot leave
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4.9
A place where people who broke the law are kept as punishment or while they wait for trial
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6.0
A building that holds people as punishment for crimes to protect the public
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4.6
A building where people are held as punishment or while waiting for trial
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a place where people are held as punishment' is directly and compositionally derived from 'penal' (pertaining to punishment) plus 'institution' (a formal organization/place). This simple adjective+noun combination follows predictable semantic composition and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand it.
Etymology
The noun penal institution puts together penal (about 'punishment') and institution (a place set up for a purpose), so picture a building made for penalties — a prison where people serve punishment. That's why it means 'a place where people are held as punishment for crimes'.