Definition of penal colony
: a place where prisoners are sent to live
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penal
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: of, relating to, or involving punishment, penalties, or punitive institutions
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: liable to punishment
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: used as a place of confinement and punishment
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colony
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: a body of people living in a new territory but retaining ties with the parent state
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: the territory inhabited by such a body
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: a distinguishable localized population within a species
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