hard labor

noun

: compulsory labor of imprisoned criminals as a part of the prison discipline

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Warmbier, 22, a University of Virginia student, stole a propaganda banner from a hotel during a visit to Pyongyang in January 2016 and was later sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for committing a hostile act against the government. —

Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2025 More recently, the North Korean government has been alarmed by the popularity of South Korean TV dramas, sentencing two teenagers to 12 years of hard labor for watching them. —

Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025 Directed by Andrew Davis from a script by Sachar, the film starred Shia LaBeouf as Stanley, who gets sentenced to 18 months of hard labor at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention camp. —

Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025 Ultimately, Hazzard was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to perform hard labor at a state penitentiary in Walla Walla, Wash. —

Sean Neumann, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for hard labor