'penal colony' definitions:
Definition of 'penal colony'
From: WordNet
noun
A penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible)
Synonyms of 'penal colony'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bastille,
- black hole,
- borstal,
- borstal institution,
- bridewell,
- brig,
- cell,
- concentration camp,
- condemned cell,
- death cell,
- death house,
- death row,
- detention camp,
- federal prison,
- forced-labor camp,
- gaol,
- guardhouse,
- house of correction,
- house of detention,
- industrial school,
- internment camp,
- jail,
- jailhouse,
- keep,
- labor camp,
- lockup,
- maximum-security prison,
- minimum-security prison,
- oubliette,
- pen,
- penal institution,
- penal settlement,
- penitentiary,
- POW camp,
- prison,
- prison camp,
- prisonhouse,
- reform school,
- reformatory,
- sponging house,
- state prison,
- stockade,
- the hole,
- tollbooth,
- training school