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laogai

Syllables: lao·gai

laogai noun: the use of prison labor and prison farms in the People's Republic of China.

Noun

laogai (uncountable)

  1. The use of prison labor and prison farms in the People's Republic of China.
    • Ethan Gutmann (2010), Hacker Nation: China's Cyber Assault, archived from the original on 16 May 2010: “The 6-10 Office also created fake refugees—young, trained to mimic Falun Gong behavior, and holding paperwork confirming time spent in laogai, China’s penal system.”

Origin of laogai

From Mandarin 勞改／劳改 (láogǎi, literally “labour rehabilitation”).

Questions about laogai

What does laogai mean?
Laogai means the use of prison labor and prison farms in the People's Republic of China.
What part of speech is laogai?
Laogai is a noun.

Words near laogai in the dictionary

  1. laodicean
  2. Laodiceanism
  3. Laodiceans
  4. Laodicena
  5. Laodicene
  6. laogai
  7. Laohekou
  8. Laohokow
  9. Laoighis
  10. Laois
  11. laojiao

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