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Definition of Boot camp

1. Noun. Camp for training military recruits.

Definition of Boot camp

1. Noun. (colloquial) Initial, basic indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for new recruits in the armed forces (Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps). ¹

2. Noun. A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term. ¹

3. Noun. (idiomatic) Any short, intensive course of training. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Boot camp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Boot Camps for Juvenile Offenders: An Implementation Evaluation of Three by Blair B. Borque (1997)
"boot camp: The Intensive Training Phase A 90-day period of residence in a boot ... In this chapter, the key features of the boot camp phase are described. ..."

2. Continuity of Offender Treatment for Substance Use Disorders from by Gary Field (2000)
"boot camp Programs boot camps, also known as shock incarceration programs, ... One intent of military drills is for boot camp graduates to develop the self- ..."

3. Intermediate Sanctions in Sentencing Guidelines by Michael H. Tonry (1998)
"Back-end programs to which imprisoned offenders are transferred by corrections officials for service of a fixed-term boot camp sentence in lieu of a longer ..."

4. Free a Marine to Fight: Women Marines in World War 2 by Mary V. Stremlow (1996)
"Here they wear recruit badges, oxfords, and caps at boot camp at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. tingent got up and walked out during a performance at Camp ..."

5. Youth Violence: Developing Local and State Solutions Hearings Before the edited by Fred Thompson (1998)
"Critics of the juvenile boot camp model say that it is abusive, teaches no real skills ... A second model of a successful program is the juvenile boot camp ..."

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