labour camp
Britishnoun
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a penal colony involving forced labour
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a camp for migratory labourers
Example Sentences
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The writer and human rights activist served 17 years in a forced labour camp during the rule of the notorious communist dictator, Enver Hoxha.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Part of his captivity was spent in a labour camp for foreigners in which he was the only inmate.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2023
Lety was originally established by the Czechoslovak government two weeks before the Nazi occupation in March 1939, as a labour camp for "workshy citizens".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2022
Gyula Lóránt was in a labour camp having – spot the theme – attempted to form a team to get out of the country.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2020
Fritz having killed the mule, it devolved upon the village Sanitary Inspector to see the carcass decently interred, and on application to the C.O. of the nearest Chinese labour camp.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 7, 1917 by Various
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