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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
In 1903, Ford Motor Co. sold its first car via an order, to a Chicago dentist, who requested a Model A.
In 1942, Nazi Germany began deporting Jews from the Netherlands to concentration camps and killing centers in Germany and Poland.
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Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
The latest comments from Olmert, who served as Israel’s prime minister from 2006-2009, go much further in criticizing the country’s intentions in Gaza, however, especially since comparisons to Nazi concentration camps in Israel is considered virtually unthinkable.
—Eugenia Yosef, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
As the Soviet army approached Auschwitz, the Nazis sent Roth and other inmates to Buchenwald, a concentration camp in Germany.
—Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 30 June 2025
As a very young child, my father made a point of introducing me to several survivors of Holocaust concentration camps.
—Dr. Richard Fichman, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
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Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
The latest comments from Olmert, who served as Israel’s prime minister from 2006-2009, go much further in criticizing the country’s intentions in Gaza, however, especially since comparisons to Nazi concentration camps in Israel is considered virtually unthinkable.
—Eugenia Yosef, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
As the Soviet army approached Auschwitz, the Nazis sent Roth and other inmates to Buchenwald, a concentration camp in Germany.
—Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 30 June 2025
As a very young child, my father made a point of introducing me to several survivors of Holocaust concentration camps.
—Dr. Richard Fichman, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
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After that interview, Maxwell was moved from a federal prison in Florida to a low-security prison camp in Texas.—
Jake Offenhartz,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Maxwell was convicted and is serving a 20-year prison sentence at an all-female federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, where she was recently moved from a minimum security prison in Tallahassee, Florida.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
5 Aug. 2025
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He was sentenced to 16 years of hard labor in a work camp.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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In the series, the submarine is a secret project of the company’s that Nemo, who was a prisoner in a work camp for three years, helped design.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Hawke plays Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer (Crowe).—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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Who was released from Russian custody in the swap? More than a dozen people were released from Russian prisons and labor camps, several of them Russian pro-democracy and human rights activists or prominent opposition figures of Russian president Vladimir Putin.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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And Tuesday’s 10-5 Padres victory went 11 innings, prompting manager Mike Shildt to use seven of the nine arms in his bullpen.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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With an embarrassment of riches on the bench and in the bullpen, there has yet to be a noticeable shift in his managerial urgency.—
Tyler Small,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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