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Recent Examples of labor camp
North Korea's Kim Jong Un maintains an iron grip through the threat and reality of labor camps and murder along with a fanatical propaganda personality cult.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Deportation could mean years in jail or labor camps.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Parts of the dense, equatorial mainland, as well as the islands that lay off the shore of the nascent capital, Cayenne, would be turned into labor camps and prisons for the most serious criminal offenders in mainland France.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
Those accused of disloyalty or dissent face brutal punishments, including imprisonment in labor camps, torture, or execution.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Deportation could mean years in jail or labor camps.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Parts of the dense, equatorial mainland, as well as the islands that lay off the shore of the nascent capital, Cayenne, would be turned into labor camps and prisons for the most serious criminal offenders in mainland France.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
Those accused of disloyalty or dissent face brutal punishments, including imprisonment in labor camps, torture, or execution.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labor camp
Noun
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Her mother was born in a Siberian prison camp.—
Lucas Y. Tomlinson Fox News,
Fox News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Holmes, 41, is incarcerated at a federal minimum-security prison camp outside Houston.—
Ethan Baron,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This week, an Israeli student was arrested at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland for reportedly trying to spoil a class picture with the gesture.—
Lisa Hagen,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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It was used to mark out gay and transgender people in concentration camps.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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And on that day, they were assigned to different camps, which were work camps.—
Patrick Wilson,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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Nine years later, Lowell, which consists of three facilities — the main unit, the annex and a work camp — spends 46 percent less per inmate on healthcare and 36 percent less on education.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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It was later learned that Hollingsworth entered the bull pen to check on the water source, and the animal attacked him, knocking him unconscious, according to deputies.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
21 Jan. 2025
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Right-hander Brad Keller has also made the team in the bullpen following a strong spring.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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However, on March 27, a paperwork error allowed Guzman to walk out of the Clayton County jail a free man.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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In the photo, Sada is dressed in an orange jail uniform while his expression consists of wide eyes and a stiff grin.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labor%20camp. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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