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PRONUNCIATION OF PINDOWN

pindown  [ˈpɪnˌdaʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PINDOWN

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Pindown is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PINDOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pindown

Pindown was a method of punishment used in children's homes in Staffordshire, England in the 1980s. It involved locking children in rooms called "pindown rooms", sometimes for periods of weeks or months, similar to a lockdown in prisons. The children were kept in solitary confinement with little furniture, no conversation and repetitive occupations. A total of at least 132 children, aged nine and upwards, experienced what came to be called ‘pindown' between 1983 and 1989. It varied in length but did last, in one instance, up to 84 continuous days. It was punishment for such activities as running away from care or school, petty theft, bullying and threats of violence. An inquiry into the practice, "The Pindown Inquiry", held in 1990/1991 was chaired by Allan Levy QC. It took 75 days of evidence from 153 witnesses, and examined approximately 150,000 pages of documents including 400 log books of events in children’s homes. A 300-page report was produced after almost a year. The report's findings were that the practice was decisively outside anything that could properly be considered as good childcare practice.

Definition of pindown in the English dictionary

The first definition of pindown in the dictionary is a now-discredited system of discipline used in some British children's homes during the 1980s for dealing with children who were considered difficult to control. Measures included locking children in rooms in isolation for long periods, allowing them only nightwear or underwear, and other physical or emotional punishments. Other definition of pindown is a pinfall. Pindown is also the action or process of using air attacks or missile fire, etc. to prevent military personnel or forces from moving from their position.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PINDOWN


blowdown
ˈbləʊˌdaʊn
breakdown
ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn
cooldown
ˈkuːlˌdaʊn
countdown
ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn
drawdown
ˈdrɔːˌdaʊn
godown
ˈɡəʊˌdaʊn
hoedown
ˈhəʊˌdaʊn
markdown
ˈmɑːkˌdaʊn
meltdown
ˈmɛltˌdaʊn
pastedown
ˈpeɪstˌdaʊn
pull-down
ˈpʊlˌdaʊn
showdown
ˈʃəʊˌdaʊn
shutdown
ˈʃʌtˌdaʊn
slowdown
ˈsləʊˌdaʊn
smackdown
ˈsmækˌdaʊn
step-down
ˈstɛpˌdaʊn
sundown
ˈsʌnˌdaʊn
teardown
ˈtɛərˌdaʊn
thindown
ˈθɪnˌdaʊn
touchdown
ˈtʌtʃˌdaʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PINDOWN

pincushion
pindan
Pindar
Pindari
Pindaric
Pindaric ode
pinder
pindling
Pindus
pine
pine cone
pine end
pine grove
pine kernel
pine marten
pine needle
pine nut
pine siskin

WORDS THAT END LIKE PINDOWN

back down
break down
down
get down
go down
hold down
low-down
ride down
rundown
sit down
sit-down
takedown
turn down
turndown
up and down
up-and-down
upside down
upside-down
when the chips are down
wind down

Synonyms and antonyms of pindown in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pindown» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PINDOWN

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Translator English - Chinese

pindown
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Pindown
570 millions of speakers

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pindown
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pindown
380 millions of speakers
ar

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pindown
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Pindown
278 millions of speakers

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Pindown
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pindown
260 millions of speakers

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Pindown
220 millions of speakers

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Pindown
190 millions of speakers

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Pindown
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pindown
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pindown
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pindown
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pindown
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழே முள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पीन्डॉउन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sıkıştırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pindown
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pindown
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Pindown
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pindown
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pindown
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pindown
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

pindown
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pindown
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pindown

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PINDOWN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PINDOWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pindown

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PINDOWN»

Discover the use of pindown in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pindown and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ballistic Missile Defense
A tactic called pindown involves exploding offensive weapons — ICBMs or SLBMs — in the flyout corridor above the Densepack field, destroying missiles as they tried to escape from attack. Pindown could be used against Densepack in three ...
Ashton B. Carter, David N. Schwartz, 1984
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Child protection: Managing Conflict, Hostility and Aggression
During their period in pindown,the child was not permitted to speak to anyone else and had no access to television, books or other forms of entertainment. Throughout their period in pindown,the child was required to wear his or her pyjamas, ...
Siobhan E. Laird, 2013
3
Good Practice in Risk Assessment and Risk Management 2: ...
I would argue that this concept can be very useful in looking at the quality of care offered in children's homes. The 'Pindown' regime described in Allan Levy and Barbara Kahan's report (1991) could be seen as a particularly extreme version of  ...
Hazel Kemshall, Jacki Pritchard, 1997
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Child protection: Managing conflict, hostility and aggression
Levy. and. Kahan. (1991). The. Pindown. Experience. In November 1983, the approach to managing children in local authority residential homes, which came to be known as pindown,was firstinstitutedat 245 Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent.
Laird, Siobhan E., 2013
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MX missile basing.
Pindown refers to the possibility that the Soviets could force our missiles to remain in their silos by threatening to explode nuclear weapons in their paths and destroy them in flight. In practice, however, pindown of silo- based MX would require ...
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Public Inquiries Into Abuse of Children in Residential Care
The report of the inquiry, written by a leading children's lawyer, Allan Levy, and a prominent childcare expert, Barbara Kahan, was unequivocal in its judgement, that Pindown, despite its openness and despite there being no evidence of ...
Alan Doig, Vicki Roberts, 2001
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Safeguarding and Protecting Children with Disabilities and SEN
The Pindown Experience and the Protection of Children This public inquiry, conducted by the late Allan Levy QC, centred on the treatment of young people living in children's homes in Staffordshire. The form of control which became known as ...
Ann Raymond
8
Understanding Social Work: History And Context: History and ...
Children had found it impossible to get a hearing or could not find trusted senior figures who believed what they were saying. Pindown The 'Pindown' regime in north Staffordshire homes was another variant of abuse that shook social work to  ...
Pierson, John, 2011
9
Rethinking Residential Child Care: Positive Perspectives
Pindown The first of the major inquiries into residential care concerned the ' Pindown' regime operated in two children's homes in Staffordshire in the English Midlands between 1983 and 1989. 'Pindown' was a system of controlling young ...
Mark Smith, 2009
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Institutional Abuse: Perspectives Across the Life Course
The Pindown Inquiry attracted a high level of public attention and the inquiry team were appointed in the immediate wake of a Granada Television programme in 1990 that featured the system used to control children in a number of residential ...
Jill Manthorpe, Bridget Penhale, Nicky Stanley, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PINDOWN»

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Lakers' Randle, Russell enter NBA season facing a tricky purgatory
"I was trying to get a deep pindown, to get the ball to Julius," Madsen explained, rushing through the words. "With 1.4 [seconds], have him make ... «SI.com, Jul 15»
2
David Blatt's gambit going small didn't work, but was only call he …
The Cavaliers made some nice adjustments in this game to get J.R. Smith open off some pindown actions, and he hit his first three from beyond ... «NBCSports.com, Jun 15»
3
Golden State Warriors: Time To Dust Off David Lee?
The Cavs' airtight ball pressure and scrappy off-ball denial has ameliorated the potency of Golden State's dribble hand-off and pindown sets ... «Hoops Habit, Jun 15»
4
How is Cleveland Doing This? What's up with the Warriors? Can …
However, several times in Game 2 a weakside pindown screen in transition from a trailing Bogut got Thompson wide open. If not for early foul ... «SportsBlog.com, Jun 15»
5
UVA's Justin Anderson could be the "3 and D" prospect the Wizards …
Anderson didn't have the same route tree you come to expect from shooters -- his movements typically ranged from simple curls off pindown ... «Bullets Forever, Jun 15»
6
Warriors at Rockets, NBA Playoffs 2015: Golden State's new …
Harden rims out a midrange pullup. Barnes again on Harden. Fake pindown screen by Terry leads to a touch pass to an absurdly athletic dunk ... «Golden State of Mind, May 15»
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The Pro's Playoff Preview: Eastern Conference Finals
The wrinkle in this play is a quick pindown to get Korver open for a three and/or a curl jump shot. This play creates a bit of misdirection while ... «The Players Tribune, May 15»
8
The Wizards could not figure out the Hawks ball pressure in the …
That's a full 13 seconds shaved off the clock before Wall goes to free up Beal with the pindown screen. And here's why Teague didn't close this ... «Bullets Forever, May 15»
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Letter: Katy Jones helped expose brutal pindown regime at …
At a time when there was no culture or appetite for exposing child abuse, we made a groundbreaking programme about the pindown regime in ... «The Guardian, May 15»
10
No alliance with Congress, only issue-to-issue coordination: CPI-M
... alliance with Congress but said it would have issue-based coordination with that party in Parliament to pindown the BJP-led NDA on matters ... «The Indian Express, Apr 15»

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