borstal

Example Sentences

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He ended up getting sent to a borstal, a reformatory for young offenders.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2023

Near Strawberry Field was the Gladstone merchant's mansion, named Woolton Vale, later to become Woolton Vale Remand Home, about which John's cousin Stanley declared that "the bad boys' borstal intrigued us."

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2022

"I deplore his association with young borstal trainees and adult mentally ill patients," the SMO wrote.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2019

I'm also looking forward to 72 Miles, about a boy in rural Maharashtra who escapes borstal and falls in with a beggar woman and her family on his long walk home.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2013

"Welcome to borstal," she added, spraying bits of crisp out of her mouth like snowflakes.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl