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barbed wire

noun as in spiky wire

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Teams and leagues sprouted within the camps, an arrangement described by one player as “baseball behind barbed wire.”

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Footage has shown militia members—men and women; often elderly, slightly plump Venezuelans—running obstacle courses, crawling under barbed wire and firing rifles.

The two countries allege he directed operations of forced labour compounds across Cambodia where thousands of workers were held in compounds surrounded by high walls and barbed wire.

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Chen allegedly directed operations of forced labor compounds across Cambodia where hundreds of trafficked workers were held in prison-like facilities surrounded by high walls and barbed wire.

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It's a medium security prison, but the thick iron gates and imposing white walls topped with barbed wire give it a more "maximum" feel.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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