Meanings
nounlabour camp (plural labour camps)
plural labour camps · alternative US labor camp
- A type of prison where prisoners are obliged to do forced labour, usually outdoors.
The labour camps of the old Soviet Union are well described by the writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor
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Translations
Arabic مُعَسْكَر عَمَل, مُعَسْكَر أَشْغَال
- مُعَسْكَر عَمَل (muʕaskar ʕamal)type of prison
- مُعَسْكَر أَشْغَال (muʕaskar ʔašḡāl)type of prison
Chinese Mandarin 勞改營 /劳改营
- 勞改營 /劳改营 (láogǎiyíng)type of prison
Danish arbejdslejr
- arbejdslejrtype of prison
Dutch arbeidskamp, werkkamp
- arbeidskamptype of prison
- werkkamptype of prison
Finnish työleiri, vankileiri
- työleiritype of prison
- vankileiritype of prison
French camp de travail
- camp de travailtype of prison
German Arbeitslager
- Arbeitslagertype of prison
Korean 노동수용소, 로동수용소
- 노동수용소 (nodongsuyongso)type of prison
- 로동수용소 (rodongsuyongso)type of prison
Norwegian Bokmål arbeidsleir
- arbeidsleirtype of prison
Polish obóz pracy
- obóz pracytype of prison
Russian трудово́й ла́герь
- трудово́й ла́герь (trudovój lágerʹ)type of prison
Swedish arbetsläger
- arbetslägertype of prison
Cite this entry
APA
labour camp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labour%20camp
MLA
“labour camp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labour%20camp. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “labour camp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labour%20camp.
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