juvie
noun[CorU]
US(alsojuvy)uk/ˈdʒuːvi/us/ˈdʒuːvi/(alsojuvie hall)shortforjuveniledetentioncentre: atypeofprisonforpeoplewho are notoldenough to beconsideredasadults:
少年犯管教所，少管所 （juvenile detention centre 的简称）Hespentthebulkof hisadolescencein and out of juvie.他的青少年时代大多花在进进出出少管所上了。
If I wascaught, I'd be in juviehallfor aprettylongtime.假如我被抓住，就会在少管中心关好长一阵。
Synonym
detention centre
- She herself hadservedtimein juvie.
- Hismotherworriedthat if she didn't do somethingsoon, he'd end up in juvie.
- When Aaliyahfinallygot out of juvy at 17, she made up hermindto never go back.
Prisons & parts of prisons
- approved school
- Bastille
- boot camp
- borstal
- brig
- clink
- dungeon
- gaol
- gaoler
- halfway house
- open prison
- panopticon
- penal colony
- penitentiary
- prison
- straightjacket
- straitjacket
- the gulag
- warder
- young offender institution