labor camp

noun

: a penal colony where forced labor is performed

: a camp for migratory laborers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But Margot and Dita survived, chosen inexplicably for transport to various camps and eventually ending up in a labor camp in Hamburg.

New York Times, 27 May 2022 In the last scene of the episode, Arondir unsuccessfully attempts to lead a rebellion and escape the labor camp.

Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 Though Whelan denied the charges, he was convicted of spying in a closed-door trial in June 2020 and was sentenced to serve 16 years in a Russian labor camp.

Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2022 Marc Fogel, meanwhile, got 14 and is in a labor camp in Siberia or some other far-flung outpost.

Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022 My maternal grandfather was sent to a labor camp somewhere in Hungary.

Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022 Whelan was convicted in a closed-door court hearing and sentenced to 16 years in a labor camp.

Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2022 Born in Hungary and raised there and in Austria, Berci was forced into a labor camp with fellow Jews in 1942 and endured the misery of grueling manual labor while nearly starving to death.

Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2022 Sentenced to 16 years in a Russian labor camp, Whelan now spends most days sewing buttonholes into uniforms with limited contact with the outside world.

Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2022 See More

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