kriminalvård

Swedish

Etymology

kriminal- (“criminal”) +‎ vård (“care”), attested since 1950.

Noun

kriminalvård c

  1. a government agency tasked with incarcerating suspects and convicts, including the services involved thereof
  2. any state's collective treatment of convicts

Declension

Declension of kriminalvård
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kriminalvård kriminalvårds
definite kriminalvården kriminalvårdens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Derived terms

  • kriminalvårdare (“corrections officer”)
  • kriminalvårdsantalt (“correctional institution”)
  • kriminalvårdschef
  • kriminalvårdsinspektör
  • kriminalvårdsmyndighet
  • kriminalvårdspersonal (“corrections staff”)
  • kriminalvårdspolitik
  • kriminalvårdsreform
  • kriminalvårdsstyrelse
  • kriminalvårdssystem
  • kriminalvårdsverk

References

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