gulag
noun/ˈɡuˌlɑɡ/
Frequency rank: #15,009 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a Soviet forced-labor camp system, or any harsh prison camp.
Example sentence
The dissident was sent to a remote gulag in Siberia, where he endured years of brutal forced labor.
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