hard labour prison camp

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• labour camp — ► NOUN ▪ a prison camp with a regime of hard labour …   English terms dictionary

• labour camp — BrE labor camp AmE n a prison camp where prisoners have to do hard physical work …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• labour camp — noun a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor • Syn: ↑labor camp • Hypernyms: ↑camp * * * labour camp noun 1. A penal institution where the inmates are forced to work 2. Temporary accommodation for workers • • • …   Useful english dictionary

• Labour — n. & v. (US, Austral. labor) n. 1 a physical or mental work; exertion; toil. b such work considered as supplying the needs of a community. 2 a workers, esp. manual, considered as a class or political force (a dispute between capital and labour).… …   Useful english dictionary

• labour — n. & v. (US, Austral. labor) n. 1 a physical or mental work; exertion; toil. b such work considered as supplying the needs of a community. 2 a workers, esp. manual, considered as a class or political force (a dispute between capital and labour).… …   Useful english dictionary

• labour — (BrE) (AmE labor) noun 1 work ADJECTIVE ▪ manual, physical ▪ back breaking, forced, hard ▪ He was sentenced to four years hard labour for his crime …   Collocations dictionary

• labour camp — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms labour camp : singular labour camp plural labour camps a prison camp where prisoners are forced to do hard physical work, for example breaking up rocks …   English dictionary

• labour camp — noun a prison camp with a regime of hard labour …   English new terms dictionary

• labour camp — BrE labor camp AmE noun (C) a prison camp where prisoners have to do hard physical work …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• labour camp — labour camps N COUNT A labour camp is a kind of prison, where the prisoners are forced to do hard, physical work, usually outdoors. (in AM, use labor camp) …   English dictionary

• Penal labour — Female convicts chained together by their necks for work on a road. Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika c.1890 1927. Penal labour is a form of unfree labour in which prisoners perform work, typically manual labour. The work may be light or hard, depending… …   Wikipedia