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detention centre
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detention centre
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(Social Welfare) a place where young persons may be detained for short periods by order of a court
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Noun1.detention centre - a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
detention cell, bullpen
jail cell, prison cell, cell - a room where a prisoner is kept
Translations
detention centre, (US) detention center
n → Jugendstrafanstalt f


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