Gulag

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A network of forced labor camps in the former Soviet Union.
  • n. A forced labor camp or prison, especially for political dissidents.
  • n. A place or situation of great suffering and hardship, likened to the atmosphere in a prison system or a forced labor camp.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A prison camp.
  • n. A generic name for the system of all Soviet prison camps in use during the Stalinist period.
    • Word Usage
    "They are Britain's survivors of Guantánamo, the detention centre that has been called the "gulag of our times"."
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    prison camp    internment camp    pow camp    prisoner of war camp   
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