gulag
/ˈɡuːlɑːɡ/
noun
- A system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union, especially during the Stalin era.
- Many political prisoners were sent to the gulag.
- Survivors of the gulag wrote memoirs about their experiences.
- The history book described life in the Soviet gulag.
- Any harsh prison or oppressive system, often used figuratively.
- Refugees fled the gulag of their war-torn country.
- The novel describes a dystopian gulag of surveillance and control.
- The company's strict rules made the office feel like a gulag.
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