Definition of Borstals

1. Noun. (plural of borstal) ¹

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Definition of Borstals

1. borstal [n] - See also: borstal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Borstals

borscht circuit
borschts
borsh
borshch
borshches
borsholder
borsholders
borsht
borsht belt
borsht circuit
borshts
borstal
borstal training
borstall
borstalls
borstals (current term)
bort
bortezomib
bortier
bortiest
borts
bortsch
bortsches
borty
bortz
bortzes
boruret
borurets
boryl
borylation

Literary usage of Borstals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Juvenile Injustice: Police Abuse and Dentention of Street Children in Kenya by Yodon Thonden, Lois Whitman, Binaifer Nowrojee (1997)
"borstals are staffed by borstal officers and prison officers who are ... borstals are situated on larger prison grounds, in close proximity to adult prisons ..."

2. Prison Bound: The Denial of Juvenile Justice in Pakistan by Vikram Parekh (1999)
"borstals are defined under these laws as places where juveniles may be detained and provided with "industrial training and other instruction" as well as ..."

3. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1856)
"... the northern face of the Downs from the Weald, which still familiarly retain the name of borstals, and of which there are several in the neighbourhood, ..."

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