gulag
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.gu·lag
noun, often capitalized \ˈgü-ˌläg\Definition of GULAG
: the penal system of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics consisting of a network of labor camps; also : labor camp 1
Origin of GULAG
Russian, from Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitel'notrudovykh lagereĭ chief administration of corrective labor camps
First Known Use: 1974
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