Synonyms for reformatory

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ri-fawr-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfɔr məˌtɔr i, -ˈtoʊr i

Définition of reformatory

Origin : 1704, from past participle stem of Latin reformare "to transform, change" (see reform (v.)). As a noun, "house of correction for juveniles," from 1758.

noun reform school

Example sentences :

He spent seven years in a reformatory and the kids there were never young.
Extract from : « The Man from Time » by Frank Belknap Long

He left here when he was a boy,—to avoid being sent to the reformatory.
Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips

It was once used as a school, and later on as a reformatory.
Extract from : « Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney » by Geraldine Edith Mitton

He has been sent to a reformatory for a good number of years.
Extract from : « The Opal Serpent » by Fergus Hume

I wonder if they are out of the reformatory yet for setting fire to the barn?
Extract from : « The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview » by Ralph Bonehill

His reformatory spirit did not stop with these radical measures.
Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 » by Various

Were he to place her in a reformatory, she would not stay there.
Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope

She meant to interest her in the Reformatory school for William's sake.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 » by Various

Six weeks hard labour, and then four years in a reformatory.
Extract from : « Quicksilver » by George Manville Fenn

But by order of the court several of the accused were transferred to a reformatory.
Extract from : « The Sexual Life of the Child » by Albert Moll

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