lembaga pemasyarakatan
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of lembaga (“institution”) + pemasyarakatan (“integration to society”). Coined by Indonesian politician Sahardjo.
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Noun edit
lembaga pemasyarakatan (first-person possessive lembaga pemasyarakatanku, second-person possessive lembaga pemasyarakatanmu, third-person possessive lembaga pemasyarakatannya)
- (law, euphemistic) correctional institution; correctional facility; penitentiary
- Hypernym: penjara
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Further reading edit
- “lembaga pemasyarakatan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.