Hoovervilles

noun

plural of Hooverville
as in shantytowns

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  1. shantytowns
  2. jungles
  3. encampments
Noun
  • In the brightly billboarded carcass of a West Coast city, private security shields the corporate enclaves of a tech élite from the shantytowns of the economically superfluous.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Their target was the Comando Vermelho (CV), or Red Command, a criminal organization that has ruled these hillside shantytowns for decades.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Definition of shantytowns
Noun
  • Estrada had landed a pacu, a fish that affluent anglers travel thousands of miles to target in the jungles of South America.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Here, thick jungles offer unique adventures, from spotting wildlife like jaguars and tapirs to swimming beneath waterfalls or summiting Victoria Peak, the country’s second-highest mountain.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of jungles
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  • Homeless encampments, piles of trash, vermin, and car break-ins have bedeviled the 4000 block of Babcock Avenue in Studio City since the property was abandoned, said neighbor Clint Ledsworth.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The temporary shelter led to a 65% reduction in encampments, served 95 people and helped 14 households transition to permanent housing in its first year of operation, according to Bontrager and a City Council staff report.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of encampments
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“Hoovervilles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hoovervilles. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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