scare straight: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USGlobalinformalcolloquial
    • To frighten someone into lawful or proper behavior; to correct or reform someone by exposing them to a severe fright or shock.

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    • The judge hoped to scare the young offenders straight by sentencing them to community service.

      Le juge espérait remettre les jeunes délinquants dans le droit chemin en les condamnant à des travaux d'intérêt général.

    • After a stern talk from his parents, Mike was scared straight and started focusing on school again.

      Après une sévère réprimande de ses parents, Mike s'est repris en main et a recommencé à se concentrer sur l'école.

    • The documentary aims to scare teens straight by showing the harsh realities of drug addiction.

      Le documentaire vise à remettre les adolescents dans le droit chemin en montrant les dures réalités de la toxicomanie.

  • 2.

    USinformal
    • A program or experience intended to deter delinquent or undesirable behavior by subjecting participants to frightening or sobering situations.

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    • The scare straight program took troubled youths on a prison tour to deter them from crime.

      Le programme de remise dans le droit chemin a emmené des jeunes en difficulté visiter une prison pour les dissuader du crime.

    • Many believe that scare straight experiences can have a lasting impact on juvenile offenders.

      Beaucoup pensent que les expériences de remise dans le droit chemin peuvent avoir un impact durable sur les jeunes délinquants.

    • The school organized a scare straight event featuring former inmates sharing their stories.

      L'école a organisé un événement de remise dans le droit chemin avec d'anciens détenus racontant leurs histoires.

Examples:

  • EN: - [Virginia] I have the whole series. (as Guy Gibson) It's not how many punks ya kill, it's how many ya scare straight.
    ES: Tengo toda la serie, "No importa a cuantos mate, sino a cuantos he derrotado!"
  • EN: I've got a 19-year-old I want to scare straight before he starts a nonprofit.
    ES: Tengo a alguien de 19 años de edad, que quiero poner en línea antes de que empiece una vida no lucrativa.
  • EN: This is a book for those who like to take their scare straight with a chaser of despair."
    TE: ఎలాంటి సందేహానికీ ఆస్కారం లేని దైవదత్తమైన ఈ గ్రంథం భయభక్తులు కలిగినవారికి సన్మార్గం చూపిస్తుంది.

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