labour camp

noun

1. a penal colony involving forced labour

2. a camp for migratory labourers

Example Sentences

The US Justice Department in October unsealed an indictment against the tycoon, accusing him of presiding over forced labour camps in Cambodia where trafficked workers conduct online scams.

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His longevity was rare as many other officials have been purged, sent to labour camps, or even killed if they are deemed to have acted against the state's policies.

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"I felt like I was in a labour camp; a prison without bars," he said.

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After Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union, it became a labour camp, where many inmates were worked to death.

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In the past, minors who broke the law in this way would be sent to youth labour camps rather than put behind bars, and the punishment was usually less than five years.

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