˜yÐÄvlog

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detention home

[ dih-ten-shuhn hohm ]

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of detention home1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

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Police say the boy was being taken to a detention home in Chesapeake.

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But I'll tell you this much: They were the kinds of things that sent kids to juvenile detention homes in upstate New York, so far away that you never saw them again.

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Children who don’t find sponsors to take them in the U.S. end up in dormitory-type detention homes.

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They instead arrested a 14-year-old boy and placed him in a juvenile detention home on charges of attempted murder and unlawful use of a weapon.

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The decision to send her to prison has been criticised given that she is a minor and should, therefore, be sent to a detention home for juveniles.

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