gulag
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounAlso GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).
- verbTo compel (someone) into a forced labour camp or a similar place of confinement or exile.
- nounA prison camp, especially one used to hold political prisoners. A place where, or political system in which, people with dissident views are routinely oppressed.
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- #1,847 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
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- Tests likely letters better than 16% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: g