gulag

noun

Definition of gulagnext
as in prison

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Recent Examples of gulag The roots of Soviet and post-Soviet homophobia lie not in religion, but in the legacy of the Soviet gulag—where being homosexual was considered the worst thing that could befall a man. — Mikhail Zygar, Vanity Fair, 7 Jan. 2026 The cast fragmented, with the Byers family and El trying to start over in California while Hopper languished in a tonally dissonant Soviet gulag, as though the Duffers didn’t realize that what people loved most about Stranger Things was its grounding in Hawkins. — Judy Berman, Time, 26 Dec. 2025 Stalin sent millions to the gulags, where many of them died from disease. — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 26 Dec. 2025 Many thousands of scientists were killed or sent to the gulag, where a significant percentage died. — Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gulag
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulag
  1. prison
  2. penitentiary
  3. jail
  4. stalag
  5. jailhouse
  6. stockade
  7. prison camp
  8. lockup
Noun
  • Lee Cheuk-yan was sentenced to seven years in prison, while Chow Hang-tung was sentenced to seven years and three months.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026
  • It wasn't immediately known how many people were in the prison at the time of the strikes, which also left seven people injured.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of prison
Noun
  • Still, even on video, Davis doesn’t appear wracked with guilt or anguish about the possibility of spending the rest of his life in the Nevada penitentiary system.
    — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Beginning in 1908, after federal prisons opened in Atlanta, Georgia, and Leavenworth, Kansas, most federal prisoners were sent to these new federal prisons, and cells began to empty at the West Virginia state penitentiary.
    — Ella Siegrist, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of penitentiary
Noun
  • Beckett was released from jail after posting $100,000 bail on July 15, online court records show.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • But experts who spoke with CNN said a typical plea deal would involve the defendant being sentenced to either jail time or probation – not a psychiatric facility.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of jail
Noun
  • German shepherds seemed to patrol every yard, as if guarding some suburban stalag.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026
  • To keep captive spirits up in the stalag, the prisoners staged makeshift plays.
    — ROBERT D. McFADDEN, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017
Definition of stalag
Noun
  • This included expert witnesses who said the child’s death was an accidental drowning brought on by a seizure and a jailhouse informant who recanted his trial testimony that Duncan had confessed to the crime.
    — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Maybe the lasting message of Furious, until its second season arrives, is that there are no answers — or at least, none that can be said louder than a whisper shared between new friends bonding during a jailhouse meeting.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of jailhouse
Noun
  • At the time, Epstein was serving his 18-month sentence in the Palm Beach County stockade but was allowed to spend 12 hours a day, six days a week, in his office under a work-release program his attorneys had negotiated.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of stockade
Noun
  • Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence in a Texas federal prison camp, had argued she was selectively prosecuted as a scapegoat, but the judge dismissed those claims as frivolous.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Maxwell is serving out her sentence at a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, where she was transferred last summer from a much less comfortable maximum security prison in Florida.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of prison camp
Noun
  • Traders spent the summer treating SPCX as a lockup-and-capex problem.
    — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
  • When fully deployed, the titanium lockbar moves directly behind the blade tang to establish lockup.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of lockup

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