Meaning of penal colony | Babel Free
Definitions
A colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of deportees, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.
Equivalents
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.