penal colony

penal colony. A remote place of detention for convicts and political prisoners, usu. in an isolated part of a nation or in a nation’s extraterritorial holdings. • Historical examples include the Soviet Union’s gulags in Siberia and France’s penal colony on Devil’s Island off the coast of Guiana.

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词条贡献者

资深译员Ting，亚洲顶尖法学院国际贸易专业，擅长翻译各类与国际贸易委员会调查程序相关的法律文件。