work camp

noun

: a camp for workers: such as
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

Recent Examples on the Web Li was expelled from the Party and imprisoned in work camps from 1959 to 1978, including eight years in solitary confinement, after criticizing Mao’s disastrous effort to modernize the agricultural sector using communist ideologies, causing a catastrophic famine. Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024 He was convicted in June 2020 during a closed-door trial and sentenced to 16 years of hard labor in a work camp. Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2024 A week after Kristallnacht in 1938, Nazis took her father to a work camp. Emily Langer, Washington Post, 13 July 2024 Whelan, a former Marine who lived in Novi, was accused of espionage and convicted in June 2020 during a closed-door trial and sentenced to 16 years of hard labor in a work camp. Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for work camp 

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Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of work camp was in 1877

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“Work camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20camp. Accessed 10 Oct. 2024.

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