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Penal colony   /pˈinəl kˈɑləni/   Listen
Penal colony

noun
1.
A penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible).





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"Penal colony" Quotes from Famous Books



... panopticon[obs3], penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold; round house, watch house, station house, sponging house; station; house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound; inclosure &c. 232; isolation (exclusion) 893; penal settlement, penal colony; bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod*[Lat]; calaboose, chauki[obs3], choky[obs3], thana[obs3]; workhouse [U.S.]. Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea; King's (or Queen's) Bench. bond; bandage; irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, ...
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