penal institution
11institution — n. 1) to endow; support an institution 2) a charitable; educational; financial; penal; philanthropic; social; state supported institution 3) a heavily endowed institution 4) (misc.) an institution of higher learning; the institution of marriage * …
12institution — noun 1 large organization ADJECTIVE ▪ central, large, major ▪ the central institutions of the nation s constitution ▪ powerful ▪ established …
13Institution — Sociology …
14institution — [[t]ɪ̱nstɪtju͟ːʃ(ə)n, AM tu͟ː [/t]] ♦♦ institutions 1) N COUNT: oft in names An institution is a large important organization such as a university, church, or bank. ...the Institution of Civil Engineers... Class size varies from one type of… …
15penal — pe|nal [ pinl ] adjective only before noun relating to the punishment of criminals: the penal system penal reform/laws a. used as a place for punishing criminals: a penal colony/institution …
16penal — UK [ˈpiːn(ə)l] / US [ˈpɪn(ə)l] adjective [only before noun] a) relating to the punishment of criminals the penal system penal reform/laws b) used as a place for punishing criminals a penal colony/institution …
17penal — adj. Penal is used with these nouns: ↑code, ↑colony, ↑institution, ↑reform, ↑sanction, ↑settlement, ↑system …
18penal farm — A correctional institution to which persons convicted of misdemeanors are sent, instead of to the county jail. Summers v State, 198 Ind 241, 243, 151 NE 615, 616. A farm maintained as a part of the correctional system of a state to which… …
19Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm — in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines is one of seven operating units of the Bureau of Corrections under the Department of Justice.Citation | title = Department of Justice:Attached Agencies | url=http://www.doj.gov.ph/agencies/bucor.html… …
20correctional institution — noun a penal institution maintained by the government • Hypernyms: ↑penal institution, ↑penal facility • Hyponyms: ↑detention home, ↑detention house, ↑house of detention, ↑detention camp, ↑ …
