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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
  • Netflix documentary The Lost Children tells the almost unbelievable tale of four children stranded after a plane crash in the jungles of Colombia.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
  • After so many years in the DC universe, Zack Snyder comes back down to earth again with a violent but surprisingly human action thriller set in the jungles of an unidentified Latin American country.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of jungles
Noun
  • Homeless encampments across Pittsburgh remain well below the record levels seen in 2024, but recent county data shows an increase in outdoor homelessness this summer after nearly two years of lower counts.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Most of them have returned to Morocco, but many remain in the enclave, with some living in tent encampments on the beach.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of encampments
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“Hoovervilles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hoovervilles. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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