labor camp
noun
1
: a penal colony where forced labor is performed
2
: a camp for migratory laborers
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There are regulations to make sure Virginia's 235 migrant labor camps have safe working conditions.
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Karri Peifer, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
In July 1942, the Nazis ordered Anne’s older sister, Margot, to return to Germany and report to a labor camp.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
At the labor camp, guards woke him up every two hours every night for four years.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Vorkuta: Stormy Soviet labor camp turned battlefield with both exterior and interior transitions.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Karri Peifer, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
In July 1942, the Nazis ordered Anne’s older sister, Margot, to return to Germany and report to a labor camp.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
At the labor camp, guards woke him up every two hours every night for four years.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Vorkuta: Stormy Soviet labor camp turned battlefield with both exterior and interior transitions.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20camp. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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