labor camp

noun

1. Also called slave labor camp. a penal colony where inmates are forced to work.
2. a camp for the shelter of migratory farm workers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of labor camp¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Afterward, she was sent to a labor camp for two months, where she sewed gloves until she says her neck ached and her eyes turned bloodshot.

From Time

Multinationals work hard to avoid getting pulled into geopolitics, but reports of labor camps out of Xinjiang–which produces about 20% of the world’s cotton–made it much harder for them to continue doing so.

From Time

Nike thought its measured responses were an acceptable balance, not drawing too much of Beijing’s ire while also acknowledging the concerns of Western consumers about possible labor camps.

From Time

In the summer of 2014, they both were sentenced to 4-1/2 years in a labor camp.

From The Daily Beast

The Soviet regime was merciless to its opponents, and millions suffered and perished in its labor camp.

From The Daily Beast

Not to curse the stage directions and threaten to send the stage manager to a labor camp.

From The Daily Beast

In 1958 he was denounced as a rightist, and was sent to the Shayang Labor Camp.

From The Daily Beast

Shayang Labor Camp is famous in China for the brutal torturing methods used there.

From The Daily Beast

At that point, they send him to a forced labor camp just to set an example so that everyone can see what happens to smart-asses.

From Project Gutenberg

Let's go; I want a look at what's going on down at the equipment-park and the labor-camp, first.

From Project Gutenberg

"Try landing south of the Reservation, a little west of the ruins of the labor-camp," he advised.

From Project Gutenberg

The cook problem in a labor camp is 296 as difficult to handle as is the so-called "servant" problem of the city.

From Project Gutenberg

And then there is the Goethals way of managing a labor camp.

From Project Gutenberg