labor camp
noun
1
: a penal colony where forced labor is performed
2
: a camp for migratory laborers
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Hawke plays Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer (Crowe).
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Brünnlitz was a German labor camp, and as Spielberg showed in his film, a list was created with names of those who would be relocated there.
—Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
Washington — In December 2022, Paul Whelan was sitting in a factory at a Russian labor camp in Mordovia, more than seven hours east of Moscow, adding buttons and buttonholes to winter coats.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
So, in 2020, you're sentenced to 16 years in a Russian labor camp.
—CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Brünnlitz was a German labor camp, and as Spielberg showed in his film, a list was created with names of those who would be relocated there.
—Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
Washington — In December 2022, Paul Whelan was sitting in a factory at a Russian labor camp in Mordovia, more than seven hours east of Moscow, adding buttons and buttonholes to winter coats.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
So, in 2020, you're sentenced to 16 years in a Russian labor camp.
—CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20camp. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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