borstal

noun
🔊/ˈbɔːstl/
🔊/ˈbɔːrstl/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. (in the UK in the past) a type of prison for young criminals(英国旧时的)青少年犯教养院 see also youth custodyTopics Crime and punishmentc2
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: named after the village of Borstal in southern England, where the first of these was established.