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Definition of "detention home" [detention home]

  • A place where juvenile offenders are held in custody, especially for a temporary period while awaiting court action on their cases. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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  • "A Bohemian boy who was out on parole from the old detention home of the"
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