reform school

English

Noun

reform school (plural reform schools)

(dated) A penal institution for juveniles, especially males.

Synonyms

borstal (UK)
reformatory (n.)

Translations

institution for juveniles

Chinese:
Mandarin: 未成年犯管教所 (wèichéngniánfàn guǎnjiàosuǒ)
Czech: polepšovna (cs) f
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: nuorisovankila
Greek: αναμορφωτήριο (el) n (anamorfotírio)

Hungarian: nevelőintézet (hu), javítóintézet (hu), javító-nevelő intézet
Irish: scoil cheartúcháin f
Italian: riformatorio m, correzionale m, casa di rieducazione f
Polish: poprawczak (pl) m, dom poprawczy (pl) m, zakład poprawczy (pl) m
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

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