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Meaning of penal colony | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Català colònia penal
Dansk straffekoloni
Deutsch Strafkolonie
Español colonia penal
Suomi rangaistussiirtola työsiirtola
Nederlands colonie pénale strafkolonie
Русский исправи́тельная коло́ния штрафна́я коло́ния
Svenska straffkoloni

Examples

“Australia was used as a penal colony by the United Kingdom in the 18th to 19th century.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

penal law penal notice penal officer penal populism penal rosary penal substitution

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