work camp

noun

: a camp for workers: such as

a

: prison camp sense 1

b

: a short-term group project in which individuals from one or more religious organizations volunteer their labor

Examples of work camp in a Sentence

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Coming across a letter and diary written by his father’s friend, Ron discovered that both men had been deported from Slovakia, imprisoned in Auschwitz and then transported to Nazi-run work camps, from where they were eventually liberated. —Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024

Debora was facing a three-year sentence in a juvenile work camp. —Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024

In response, the administration set up makeshift shelters in convention centers, military bases and work camps, including the Dimmit Emergency Intake Site, the location of the facility set to open this week. —Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023

Archaeological digs show that Nazis built work camps and death camps on the islands near the northwestern coast of France, but records from the occupation are far-flung. —Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 24 July 2023

Kennan had come to write a defense of the sprawling network of work camps and prisons. —W. M. Akers, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023

The site, a former work camp in Carrizo Springs, Texas, could start housing unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody as early as Friday, the U.S. officials said, requesting anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press. —Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023

Erected in 1935 as a gulag work camp, Norilsk has grown into a nickel mining and smelting center. —Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2019

At that time, the Biden administration struggled to respond to a sharp increase in the number of unaccompanied children entering border custody and was forced to convert work camps, convention centers and military bases into makeshift shelters. —Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 27 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above