Meaning

1 senses
  1. 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.

    Arbeitslager

    трудово́й ла́герьtrudovój lágerʹ

More definitions
  • a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor

Translations

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Русский
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type of prison:
Deutsch
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type of prison:

Forms

plural: labour camps

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor:labor camp

Word family

1 related words
Relatedworkcamp

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