gulag
noun
- the system of prisons and labor camps, esp. for political prisoners, in the Soviet Union: with the
- such a prison or forced-labor camp, as in the Soviet Union
- any place or situation regarded as like such a prison
See gulag in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also Gu·lag (go͞oˈläg)
noun- A network of forced labor camps in the former Soviet Union.
- A forced labor camp or prison, especially for political dissidents.
- A place or situation of great suffering and hardship, likened to the atmosphere in a prison system or a forced labor camp.
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