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borstal training

n. (context British legal English) The official term for the sentencing of young offenders to a special prison.

Usage examples of "borstal training".

Sharp spell of Borstal training to teach you the mysteries of housebreaking, and then a steady life in the Nick.

Again, no youthful prisoner under twenty-one years of age, no matter how bad his record, is allowed the benefit of Borstal training unless he, too, be sound in mind and body.