pindown

pindown
pinˈdown noun
A discredited technique for controlling and disciplining disruptive children, esp teenagers, in residential care, involving solitary confinement and removal of clothing other than nightwear or underwear, and sometimes physical punishment and mental harassment (also adjective)
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