labor camp

noun

1
: a penal colony where forced labor is performed
2
: a camp for migratory laborers

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There are regulations to make sure Virginia's 235 migrant labor camps have safe working conditions. Karri Peifer, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024 In July 1942, the Nazis ordered Anne’s older sister, Margot, to return to Germany and report to a labor camp. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024 At the labor camp, guards woke him up every two hours every night for four years. Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024 Vorkuta: Stormy Soviet labor camp turned battlefield with both exterior and interior transitions. Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for labor camp 

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of labor camp was in 1900

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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20camp. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.

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