исправи́тельная коло́ния — meaning in English
ispravitelnaya koloniya
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English meaning
- penitentiary noun A state or federal prison, especially one for people convicted of serious crimes.
Senses
исправи́тельная коло́ния is used for these senses in English:
- boot camp (chiefly, North America) A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.
- penal colony A colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of deportees, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.
- penitentiary (chiefly, US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (broadly) a prison.
penitentiary — full definition
- noun A state or federal prison, especially one for people convicted of serious crimes.
- adj Relating to punishment of criminals or to prisons.
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