labor camp
noun
1
: a penal colony where forced labor is performed
2
: a camp for migratory laborers
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Hundreds of thousands more were imprisoned, sent to labor camps or subjected to political persecution.
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Zaya Rustamova, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
Having previously faced 60 days in a labor camp, Toboso-Alfonso chose exile.
—Fernando Chang-Muy, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
These shows were a prelude to genocidal violence in Namibia, which housed the first German labor camps.
—Aatish Taseer, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2025
Some paid dearly for their dissent by losing their jobs, being sent to prison labor camps, being confined in psychiatric institutions, and/or forced into exile.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
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Zaya Rustamova, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
Having previously faced 60 days in a labor camp, Toboso-Alfonso chose exile.
—Fernando Chang-Muy, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
These shows were a prelude to genocidal violence in Namibia, which housed the first German labor camps.
—Aatish Taseer, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2025
Some paid dearly for their dissent by losing their jobs, being sent to prison labor camps, being confined in psychiatric institutions, and/or forced into exile.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for labor camp
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20camp. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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