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单词 in reformatory
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in reformatory
Chiefly North American. in reformatory: in a reformatory, esp. as a custodial sentence.
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1869 J. W. Edmonds Statutes at Large of State of N.Y. (ed. 2) V. 256 Ever learned a trade, ever married, ever in reformatory, [etc.].
1895 J. Crankshaw Pract. Guide Police Magistrates xii. 308 (heading) No imprisonment in reformatory in Ontario.
1917 H. E. Barnes Rep. Prison Inq. Commiss. (State of N.J.) II. 298 (in table) Arrested five times or more... In Reformatory less than 15 mos... Went home when paroled [etc.].
1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 2/2 [He] was sentenced to two years less a day definite and 18 months indeterminate in reformatory after admitting that he stole about $50,000 from Sunnybrook Hospital.
1997 N. Rose in R. Porter Rewriting Self 225 The psychiatrist assessing the defendant before charge, verdict or sentence or running ‘therapeutic groups’ in prison or reformatory; the doctor evaluating a disturbed individual with a view to compelling them to receive psychiatric treatment.
2005 R. Nidel World Music: Basics ii. 100 He picked up boxing at age 13 and after spending a year in reformatory, worked in the steel mills with his father.
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