labor camp
noun
1
: a penal colony where forced labor is performed
2
: a camp for migratory laborers
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Murphy is not acting alone, however, as he’s been assigned to the journey out of a labor camp run by a merciless, tobacco-spitting boss (Russell Crowe) — and some in his merriless band turn out to be savvier, and more malicious, than others.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
In another extraordinary anecdote, Chang describes hitchhiking her way across remote China to a labor camp her father was being held in, to lift his spirits.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026
Born in the then-Austro-Hungarian Empire, the 85-year-old said his family was put in a labor camp, subject to starvation.
—Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Hundreds of thousands more were imprisoned, sent to labor camps or subjected to political persecution.
—Zaya Rustamova, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
In another extraordinary anecdote, Chang describes hitchhiking her way across remote China to a labor camp her father was being held in, to lift his spirits.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026
Born in the then-Austro-Hungarian Empire, the 85-year-old said his family was put in a labor camp, subject to starvation.
—Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Hundreds of thousands more were imprisoned, sent to labor camps or subjected to political persecution.
—Zaya Rustamova, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 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 6 Feb. 2026.
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