Penal colony

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

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

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

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