Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of correction.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
- n. the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
Examples
“These terms manifestly exclude corrections from any other source than those of _collation of the old copies_, and the _MS. corrections_ of the folio of”
“It's a bit of a crummy research question though, because you have no evidence a priori (apart from your obvious bias against climate science) to suspect there is a systematic problem in corrections of datasets.”
“The Luzerne County case is particularly bad when you realize how many children are raped in corrections facilities.”
“Can you work in corrections if your criminal record is sealed?”
“California spends more on prisons than on higher education — across the country, spending on corrections is six times higher than spending on higher education — and from 1985-2000 Illinois increased spending on higher education by 30% while corrections shot up100%.”
“Obviously no one here works in corrections; I do so let me start by correcting a few misconceptions.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Creative Proposal for Reducing Prison Rape
“Just some quick corrections from a 10+ year TMH attendee … we have approx 4500 to 5000 people on a given Sunday.”
Why The Meeting House irritates Anglicans « Anglican Samizdat
“As an aside here, I work in corrections and have just finished a shift watching a prisoner in the hospital who has suffered pneumonia.”
“Oh I'm so happy to see that I'm not the only one who mistypes and gets corrections from the comments!”
“I emailed in corrections to page-proofs for Cast in Secret today, and I would be feeling slightly virtuous about the fact that they actually got done if I hadn't spent quite so much time catching up on the after-affects of living life under a rock.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘corrections’.
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
heading, across-the-board ..., emergency reserve, frontload, mopping-up, performance reserve, positive margin, negative margin, public finances, structural operat..., administrative ex..., management of EU ... and 657 more...
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CONT - general terms
additionality, audit trail, accounting standards, auditing standards, general audit obj..., a posteriori audit, a priori audit, above board, acceptable error ..., access rights, accountability, accountable entities and 1283 more...
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