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Definition of approved school in English: approved schoolnoun British historical A residential institution for young offenders. Example sentencesExamples - He goes back to the approved school that he thought he'd left behind forever, and he revisits the Malvern Hills where his love of the countryside was first inspired as a child.
- From approved school he graduated through detention centre to borstal, finally winding up in prison.
- He was involved in crime from an early age, being sent to approved schools and borstal before ending up prison.
- He eventually ended up going to an approved school.
- They had passed through probation, borstal, approved schools and prison.
Synonyms prison, penal institution, place of detention, lock-up, place of confinement, guardhouse, correctional facility, detention centre
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