labour camp

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labour camp

noun labour camps · labor camp

A type of prison where prisoners are obliged to do forced labour, usually outdoors. The labour camps of the old Soviet Union are well described by the writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

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noun type of prison

한국어	노동수용소 nodongsuyongso
中文	勞改營 /劳改营 láogǎiyíng
Français	camp de travail
Deutsch	Arbeitslager
Русский	трудово́й ла́герь trudovój lágerʹ
العربية	مُعَسْكَر عَمَل muʕaskar ʕamal, مُعَسْكَر أَشْغَال muʕaskar ʔašḡāl

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@misc{labour_camp_2026,
  title = {labour camp},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/labour%20camp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}