detention center

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Definitions of detention center words

countable noun detention center A detention center is a sort of prison, for example, a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept while a decision is made about what to do with them. 3
noun detention center temporary prison 1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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reform school — reformatory (def 2).
reformatory — serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments.
borstal — In Britain in the past, a borstal was a kind of prison for young criminals, who were not old enough to be sent to ordinary prisons.
detention home — a place where juvenile offenders or delinquents are held in custody, esp. temporarily pending disposition of their cases by the juvenile court
house of detention — a place maintained by the civil authorities for persons charged with a crime, and sometimes for witnesses, awaiting trial.

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