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gulagging

gulagging is the present participle and gerund of gulag (alternative spelling of gulag.

Meaning of gulag

Verb

gulag (third-person singular simple present gulags, present participle gulaging or gulagging, simple past and past participle gulaged or gulagged)

  1. (also, figuratively, informal, transitive) To compel (someone) into a forced labour camp or a similar place of confinement or exile.
    • Regulative censorships can be amended or revolutionized in ways that raise or lower bodycounts, numbers of books banned or citizens ghettoed or gulaged.1988, Sue Curry Jansen, Censorship: The Knot that Binds Power and Knowledge (Communication and Society), New York, N.Y.; Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8

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Questions about gulagging

What is gulagging the present participle and gerund of gulag (alternative spelling of?
Gulagging is the present participle and gerund of gulag (alternative spelling of gulag.

Words near gulagging in the dictionary

  1. Gulac
  2. gulae
  3. gulag
  4. gulaged
  5. gulagged
  6. gulagging
  7. gulaging
  8. gulaglike
  9. gulags
  10. gulai
  11. gulais

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