penal colony

noun

: a place where prisoners are sent to live

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Levi emerged from his own penal colony with a tattoo on his forearm. Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 From New York suburb to Russian penal colony Harold met Olga at a taco bar in Westchester, New York, in March 2017. Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 May 2026 Navalny’s lawyers represented him in the lead-up to his death at a remote penal colony in the Arctic Circle. Irwin Cotler, Time, 8 May 2026 Uzbek news outlet Podrobno reported Monday that Karimova has been held in a women’s penal colony in outskirts of the capital, Tashkent, since early last year. ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for penal colony

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“Penal colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20colony. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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