Usually means: Institution for juvenile delinquent rehabilitation.
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  1. reform school: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. reform school: Merriam-Webster
  3. reform school: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. reform school: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. reform school: Collins English Dictionary
  6. reform school: Vocabulary.com
  7. reform school: Wordnik
  8. reform school: Wiktionary
  9. reform school: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. reform school: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. reform school: Dictionary.com
  12. Reform School, Reform school: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. reform school: Rhymezone
  14. reform school: FreeDictionary.org
  15. reform school: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. reform school: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. reform school: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. reform school: Legal dictionary

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  1. reform school: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (reform school)

▸ noun:  (dated) A penal institution for juveniles, especially males.

Similar:
reformatory, training school, real school, school-room, rejig, ratcastle, rumspringa, ramp, realschule, rag-shop, more...

Opposite:
regular school, mainstream school, traditional school

Types:
youth prison, more...

Phrases:
Reform School Girls, more...

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Similar:
reformatory, training school, real school, school-room, rejig, ratcastle, rumspringa, ramp, realschule, rag-shop, more...

Opposite:
regular school, mainstream school, traditional school

Types:
youth prison, more...

Phrases:
Reform School Girls, more...



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