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Detention camp   /dɪtˈɛnʃən kæmp/   Listen
Detention camp

noun
1.
An institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court).  Synonyms: detention home, detention house, house of detention.





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"Detention camp" Quotes from Famous Books



... jail Slogwell Brown went, accompanied by Nelson Martell, each to serve a number of years at hard labor. Slugger and Nappy were sent to a detention camp in the South; and that for the time being was the last the Rovers heard ...
— The Rover Boys Under Canvas - or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine • Arthur M. Winfield


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