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Penal colony

Synonyms for "penal colony" (46 found)

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General use (40)

Name, noun, verb(2 words)

Noun, verb(4 words)

jail gaol black hole dungeon

Adj, noun(2 words)

penitentiary reformatory

Noun(19 words)

concentration camp tollbooth industrial school training school reform school labor camp prison camp jailhouse house of detention internment camp oubliette death row POW camp house of correction bridewell death house prisonhouse sponging house death cell

Name, noun(2 words)

borstal guardhouse

detention camp penal institution state prison borstal institution condemned cell federal prison forced-labor camp maximum-security prison minimum-security prison penal settlement the hole

Informal (6)

Name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Noun, verb, slang(3 words)

cell stockade prison

Noun, slang(1 words)

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