Penal-colony Definition

noun

A colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of deportees, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.

Entire countries started as penal colonies, such as French Guyana.
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Singular:
penal-colony
Plural:
penal-colonies

Penal-colony Sentence Examples

  • Siberia was for many years a penal colony.

  • There is also a penal colony here.

  • In 1857 a penal colony was established here.

  • There is a considerable penal colony.

  • In this novel, the colony on the Moon, originally started as an earth penal colony much like old Australia, rebels against earth rule.

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