corrections
(US, Canada, legal) Relating to the punishment, treatment, or supervision of persons who have been convicted of a crime.
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Tiger Global Management's recent approach to startup conversations reflects a shift in the investment landscape amid market corrections.
Helicity-dependent corrections to black-hole shadows from the gravitational spin Hall effect https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02136 C. A. S. Almeida.
The Prado family is proud of their work in State Government. Two generations serve for departments including the IL Department of Corrections and the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. They share their story…
The mayor has proposed a $994.6 million general operating budget—the part of the budget that supports general government operations. Nearly 50% of the proposed budget will go to public safety, meaning police, fire/e…
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(US, Canada, legal) Relating to the punishment, treatment, or supervision of persons who have been convicted of a crime.
“he just wanted a bunch of inane corrections on the monthly report, i already finished it”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Tiger Global Management's recent approach to startup conversations reflects a shift in the investment landscape amid market corrections.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Helicity-dependent corrections to black-hole shadows from the gravitational spin Hall effect https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02136 C. A. S. Almeida.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Prado family is proud of their work in State Government. Two generations serve for departments including the IL Department of Corrections and the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. They share their story and how their culture has inspired their careers.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The mayor has proposed a $994.6 million general operating budget—the part of the budget that supports general government operations. Nearly 50% of the proposed budget will go to public safety, meaning police, fire/ems and the Department of Corrections.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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- correctional79%
(chiefly, US, Canada) Of or pertaining to the imprisonment or rehabilitation of convicted criminals.
- correctional75%
Of, pertaining to, or intended for correction.
- correctional facility64%
(chiefly, US, formal, euphemistic) A prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment and/or social rehabilitation.
- house of correction63%
(US, Massachusetts, Maryland) A prison.
- house of correction59%
(UK, historical) A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.