PENAL COLONY

Meaning of PENAL COLONY in English

location where convicts are sent to serve out their sentence (e.g. Australia or the state of Georgia, U.S.A. when they were under the British Empire)

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PENAL COLONY — Distant or overseas settlement established to punish criminals with forced labour and isolation from society. Such colonies were developed mostly …
Английский словарь Британика
PENAL COLONY — distant or overseas settlement established for punishing criminals by forced labour and isolation from society. Although a score of nations …
Britannica English vocabulary
PENAL COLONY — Distant or overseas settlement established to punish criminals with forced labour and isolation from society. Such colonies were developed mostly …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PENAL COLONY — Synonyms and related words : POW camp, bastille, black hole, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, cell, concentration camp, condemned cell, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PENAL COLONY — штрафная колония
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PENAL COLONY — Каторга
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PENAL COLONY — Каторга
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
PENAL COLONY — истор. штрафная колония
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
PENAL COLONY — штрафная колония
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PENAL — adj penal
Interlingua English vocab
COLONY — I In antiquity, any of the new settlements established in territory conquered by the Greeks (8th–6th century BC), Alexander the …
Английский словарь Британика
PENAL — I. ˈpēn ə l adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin poenalis, from poena penalty, punishment + -alis …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLONY — ˈkälənē, -ni sometimes ˈkäln- noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English colonie, from Middle French & Latin; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PENAL — (a.) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement.
Английский словарь Webster
PENAL — (a.) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code.
Английский словарь Webster
COLONY — (n.) A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony …
Английский словарь Webster
PENAL — ( a. ) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PENAL — ( a. ) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COLONY — ( n. ) A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PENAL — — penality /pi nal"i tee/ , n. — penally , adv. /peen"l/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or involving …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLONY — /kol"euh nee/ , n. , pl. colonies . 1. a group of people who leave their native country to form …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PENAL — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin poenalis, from poena punishment — more at pain Date: 15th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COLONY — noun ( plural -nies ) Etymology: Middle English colonie, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin colonia, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PENAL — adj incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense. 2. penal ·adj enacting or threatening punishment; as, …
Webster English vocab
COLONY — noun the district or country colonized; a settlement. 2. colony ·add. ·noun a community of social insects, as ants, bees, …
Webster English vocab
COLONY — in zoology, a group of organisms of one species that live and interact closely with each other in an organized …
Britannica English vocabulary
PENAL — penal BrE AmE ˈpiːn ə l ▶ ˈ penal ˌ colony BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PENAL — / ˈpiːnl; NAmE / adjective [ usually before noun ] 1. connected with or used for punishment, especially by law …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLONY — / ˈkɒləni; NAmE ˈkɑːl-/ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C ] a country or an area that is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PENAL — pe ‧ nal /ˈpiːnl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: pénal , from Latin poenalis …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COLONY — col ‧ o ‧ ny /ˈkɒləni $ ˈkɑː-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural colonies ) [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PENAL — adj. 1 a of or concerning punishment or its infliction (penal laws; a penal sentence; a penal colony). b (of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COLONY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a group of settlers in a new country (whether or not already inhabited) fully or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PENAL — adj. 1 a of or concerning punishment or its infliction (penal laws; a penal sentence; a penal colony). b (of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COLONY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a group of settlers in a new country (whether or not already inhabited) fully or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PENAL — adj.1 a of or concerning punishment or its infliction (penal laws; a penal sentence; a penal colony). b (of an …
Oxford English vocab
COLONY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a a group of settlers in a new country (whether or not already inhabited) fully or …
Oxford English vocab
PENAL — 1. Penal means relating to the punishment of criminals. ...director-general of penal affairs at the justice ministry. ...penal and legal …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLONY — ( colonies) 1. A colony is a country which is controlled by a more powerful country. In France’s former North …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PENAL — 1. Penal means relating to the punishment of criminals. ...director-general of ~ affairs at the justice ministry. ...~ and legal …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PENAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a penal/criminal code (= relating to the punishment of criminals ) ▪ At that time …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COLONY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PENAL — (CAUSING DISADVANTAGE) [adjective] UK - having a harmful effect; causing disadvantageThey complained about the penal and counter-productive tax rates.Employees regarded …
Cambridge English vocab
COLONY — [noun] [C] - a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful and often distant countryAustralia and New Zealand …
Cambridge English vocab
COLONY — n. Cape Colony Massachusetts Bay Colony penal colony proprietary colony United Colonies of New England
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PENAL — adj. Penal is used with these nouns: ↑ code , ↑ colony , ↑ institution , ↑ reform , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
COLONY — noun 1 country ruled by another country ADJECTIVE ▪ overseas ▪ Britain's overseas colonies ▪ American , British , French …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PENAL — adj. 25B6; adjective a penal institution : DISCIPLINARY, punitive, corrective, correctional. penal rates of interest : EXORBITANT, extortionate, excessive, outrageous, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COLONY — n. 25B6; noun a French colony : TERRITORY, dependency, protectorate, satellite, settlement, outpost, province. the British colony in New York …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PENAL — adj. correctional, punitive, disciplinary Crime and its punishment are covered in the penal code He was sent to a penal …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PENAL — прил. уголовный; карательный; штрафной; наказуемый to make penal ≈ объявить уголовно наказуемым penal servitude Syn : criminal, punitive наказуемый (законом); …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLONY — сущ. 1) а) группа людей, проживающая на новой для них территории, колония Syn : settlement б) территория, на которой проживает …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PENAL — penal.ogg ʹpi:nl a 1. наказуемый ( законом ); уголовный penal act - уголовно наказуемый поступок /-ое действие/ penal offence - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COLONY — colony.ogg ʹkɒlənı n 1. колония Crown Colony - коронная колония, британская колония, не имеющая самоуправления 2. 1> поселение, колония the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COLONY — 1) поселение 2) колония • - extra-terrestrial colony - minute colony - nonterrestrial colony - petite colony - rough colony …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
COLONY — 1) поселение 2) колония • - extra-terrestrial colony - minute colony - nonterrestrial colony - petite colony - rough colony - smooth colony - space colony
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PENAL — penal прил.уголовный; карательный; штрафной; наказуемый to make penal — объявить уголовно наказуемым - penal servitude Syn:criminal, punitive
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COLONY — colony сущ.1) а) группа людей, проживающая на новой для них территории, колония Syn:settlement б) территория, на которой проживает колония каких-либо …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PENAL — a 1. наказуемый ( законом ); уголовный ~ act - уголовно наказуемый поступок /-ое действие/ ~ offence - уголовное преступление …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PENAL — a 1. наказуемый ( законом ); уголовный penal act - уголовно наказуемый поступок /-ое действие/ penal offence - уголовное преступление …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COLONY — n 1. колония Crown Colony - коронная колония, британская колония, не имеющая самоуправления 2. 1> поселение, колония the first Anglo-Saxon …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PENAL — прил. уголовный; карательный; штрафной; наказуемый to make penal — объявить уголовно наказуемым - penal servitude Syn: criminal , punitive
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
COLONY — сущ. 1) а) группа людей, проживающая на новой для них территории, колония Syn: settlement б) территория, на которой проживает колония …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PENAL — прил. уголовный; карательный; штрафной; наказуемый to make penal — объявить уголовно наказуемым - penal servitude Syn: criminal, punitive
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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