labor camp
noun
1
: a penal colony where forced labor is performed
2
: a camp for migratory laborers
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Mary Nelson, founder of Mary Nelson Youth Center, grew up in the migrant labor camps of central New York, caring for her younger siblings at only eight years old while her family worked the fields.
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 May 2026
The village was unique set apart from the more common Chinese bachelor labor camps documented in California history.
—Sharon Chin, CBS News, 1 May 2026
He was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in a labor camp.
—Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Apr. 2026
The labor camp, already on the National Register of Historic Places, was run by Tom Collins, to whom Steinbeck dedicated his 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Grapes of Wrath.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 May 2026
The village was unique set apart from the more common Chinese bachelor labor camps documented in California history.
—Sharon Chin, CBS News, 1 May 2026
He was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in a labor camp.
—Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Apr. 2026
The labor camp, already on the National Register of Historic Places, was run by Tom Collins, to whom Steinbeck dedicated his 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Grapes of Wrath.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
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 22 May. 2026.
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