labor camp
noun
1
: a penal colony where forced labor is performed
2
: a camp for migratory laborers
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un maintains an iron grip through the threat and reality of labor camps and murder along with a fanatical propaganda personality cult.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
An additional million had been thrown into arbitrary detention or packed off to penal colonies and labor camps.
—Gary J. Bass, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
Deportation could mean years in jail or labor camps.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Still, she was convicted and sentenced to nine years in a Russian labor camp.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
An additional million had been thrown into arbitrary detention or packed off to penal colonies and labor camps.
—Gary J. Bass, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
Deportation could mean years in jail or labor camps.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Still, she was convicted and sentenced to nine years in a Russian labor camp.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20camp. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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