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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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Who was released from Russian custody in the swap?
More than a dozen people were released from Russian prisons and labor camps, several of them Russian pro-democracy and human rights activists or prominent opposition figures of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
Parallel chapters track the father’s kidnapping by North Koreans and his ordeal in surviving the labor camps there.
—The Know, Denver Post, 13 July 2025
State officials are coming for a visit, pictures are taken, the labor camp’s demolition of human lives carries on in the background.
—Nan Z. Da
june 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Who was released from Russian custody in the swap?
More than a dozen people were released from Russian prisons and labor camps, several of them Russian pro-democracy and human rights activists or prominent opposition figures of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
Parallel chapters track the father’s kidnapping by North Koreans and his ordeal in surviving the labor camps there.
—The Know, Denver Post, 13 July 2025
State officials are coming for a visit, pictures are taken, the labor camp’s demolition of human lives carries on in the background.
—Nan Z. Da
june 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20camp. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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