Penal Colony
Penal Colony
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Definition of penal colony
A colony founded for the purpose of taking convicted criminals away from their homeland to an isolated place for a term of imprisonment. British penal colonies were located in North America, then in Australia. France had penal colonies in the Pacific.
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