English Dictionary

penal colony

名詞

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

日本語の意味

罪を犯した者や追放者を収容し、強制労働を課すために使用される植民地。特に、自由な労働力が極端に不足している地域に設置された区域を指す。

In the 19th century, the empire sent its hardest prisoners to a remote penal colony where they were forced to work in the mines.

19世紀、帝国は最も危険な囚人たちを辺境の流刑地へ送り、そこで彼らは鉱山で強制労働をさせられた。

意味（1）

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

Entire countries started as penal colonies, such as French Guyana.

penal colonies （ plural ）