gulag

noun

gu·lag ˈgü-ˌläg

often capitalized

Synonyms of gulag next

: the penal system of the Soviet Union consisting of a network of labor camps

also : labor camp sense 1

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Now that stores only sell clothes that have been slapped together from plastic sheeting and surgical staples in fast-fashion gulags, what used to be considered basic construction — stuff like finished seams and sturdy material — becomes downright luxurious in comparison. —

Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 July 2024 Nikita Khrushchev’s Soviet Union was a murderous gulag. —

Bryan C. Donohue, Baltimore Sun, 17 Apr. 2024 Around 200,000 Lithuanians were deported to the gulags during that period, or executed for taking up arms against the occupiers. —

Tomas Dapkus, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024 The World Wars, the gulags, the camps, the colonies, and so on—these dismal chapters of modernity essentially predate our protagonist’s agreeable personal experience of the political sphere. —

Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gulag