as in prison camp
a type of prison where large numbers of people who are not soldiers are kept during a war and are usually forced to live in very bad conditions
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Recent Examples of concentration camp
Auschwitz commemorations World leaders are gathering in Poland today to mark 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
The killing at Auschwitz stopped on January 27, 1945, the day the Red Army liberated the concentration camp.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
The Nazis regarded their ghettos as temporary concentration camps, and starving the Jews engaged in slave labor there was official policy.
—Martin Kimel, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2025
Portraits of prisoners are seen at the former Nazi German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau near Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 21, 2025.
—Irwin Cotler, TIME, 26 Jan. 2025
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
The killing at Auschwitz stopped on January 27, 1945, the day the Red Army liberated the concentration camp.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
The Nazis regarded their ghettos as temporary concentration camps, and starving the Jews engaged in slave labor there was official policy.
—Martin Kimel, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2025
Portraits of prisoners are seen at the former Nazi German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau near Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 21, 2025.
—Irwin Cotler, TIME, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
Noun
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The military base has been used as a prison camp in the past.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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There are signs that FSA is doing what Congress intended as prison camps have seen their populations decrease.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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And on that day, they were assigned to different camps, which were work camps.—
Patrick Wilson,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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Nine years later, Lowell, which consists of three facilities — the main unit, the annex and a work camp — spends 46 percent less per inmate on healthcare and 36 percent less on education.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Deportation could mean years in jail or labor camps.—
Li Yuan,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Still, she was convicted and sentenced to nine years in a Russian labor camp.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
Detroit Free Press,
1 Aug. 2024
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Criswell pitched out of the bullpen and rotation for Boston last year, posting a 4.08 ERA in 99 1/3 innings.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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That night, a national broadcast team had placed its makeshift set beyond the bullpen in right field.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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