penal colony
penal colony · penal colonies
исправительная колония, штрафная колония
Strafkolonie
A colonial territory used for the detention and forced labor of criminals, typically…A colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of criminals, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.
» Tom was exiled to a penal colony.
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1 sensesA colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of criminals, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.
Australia was used as a penal colony by the United Kingdom in the 18th to 19th century.
Strafkolonie
исправи́тельная коло́нияispravítelʹnaja kolónija, штрафна́я коло́нияštrafnája kolónija
More definitions
- a penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible)
Examples
2 sentencesTom was exiled to a penal colony.
Australia was started as a British penal colony.
deAustralien war zunächst eine britische Strafkolonie. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Forms
plural: penal colonies| Singular | penal colony |
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