Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A network of forced labor camps in the former Soviet Union.
- n. A forced labor camp or prison, especially for political dissidents.
- n. A place or situation of great suffering and hardship, likened to the atmosphere in a prison system or a forced labor camp.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- From the Russian acronym ГУЛАГ: Главное управление исправительно-трудовых лагерей (Glávnoje upravlénije ispravítel’no-trudovýx lageréj, "Chief Administration of Corrective-Labor Camps, Main Directorate for Places of Detention, Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps, etc.") (Wiktionary)
- Russian Gulag, from G(lavnoe) u(pravlenie ispravitel'no-trudovykh) lag(ereĭ), Chief Administration (of Correctional Labor) Camps. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“So if you are not a WASP, look out cause the GOP gulag is waiting to get you!”
Steele talks immigration policy in meeting with Hispanic activists
“If AZ is going to put people in gulag conditions, it seems to me they ought to make damn sure they are only criminalizing the most serious offenses.”
State of Arizona Commits Negligent Homicide Against Sex Worker « Bound, Not Gagged
“They are Britain's survivors of Guantánamo, the detention centre that has been called the "gulag of our times".”
The Guardian: Britain's Guantánamo survivors are suffering a toxic legacy
“How anyone who calls themselves a Christian can support Guantánamo, or support the architects of this obscene gulag is beyond me.”
Land of the Free, Home of the Brave . . . NOT! | Living the Liminal
“Most of the deaths, perhaps around 39,000,000 are due to lethal forced labor in gulag and transit thereto.”
“Do you have any idea what the word gulag actually means?”
The Guantanamo Bay military prison meets the requirements of the Geneva Conventions.
“The reply probably came in the form of arrests and long term gulag sentences.”
“It was Texas under the incompetent rule of then Governor George W. Bush that became known as the gulag state of Texas for having turned a social problem into just another GOP scam, a get rich quick scheme, another way in which GOP blood-suckers feed at the public trough.”
Gulag Nation: Over One in One Hundred Americans Are in Prison
“The word gulag has certain connotations that don't apply to Supermax.”
“About a year ago, you may recall, it was all over British and U.S. news that North Korea separates disabled people according to impairment and sends them to "gulag"-like work camps.”
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