labor camp
noun
1
: a penal colony where forced labor is performed
2
: a camp for migratory laborers
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Those who survived the evacuation were sent to do agrarian work at labor camps in rural areas.
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Ray Cavanaugh, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Perhaps Nasser would not have sent Brothers to prison, labor camps, and the gallows.
—Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2018
My father died under the Khmer Rouge, succumbing to dysentery and malnutrition after being forced to work in a labor camp.
—Sophal Ear, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
The novelist Daniel Kehlmann became interested in film as a child, the son of a father who survived a Nazi labor camp and went on to direct movies and theater.
—David Segal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Ray Cavanaugh, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Perhaps Nasser would not have sent Brothers to prison, labor camps, and the gallows.
—Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2018
My father died under the Khmer Rouge, succumbing to dysentery and malnutrition after being forced to work in a labor camp.
—Sophal Ear, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
The novelist Daniel Kehlmann became interested in film as a child, the son of a father who survived a Nazi labor camp and went on to direct movies and theater.
—David Segal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20camp. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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