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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
Get a close look at more than 400 photos and 500 original artifacts from those who survived and died at the concentration camp.
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Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Feb. 2026
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz recently invoked the name of Anne Frank, the Jewish-German teenager who died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after hiding with her family from the Gestapo for two years while living in the Netherlands.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
Sasha will escape Vichy France, but her family will still die in the concentration camps.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
While the Nuremberg trials put the Nazi high command on trial, there were still many, many Germans in the SS or who worked at concentration camps who were able to return to everyday life.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
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Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Feb. 2026
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz recently invoked the name of Anne Frank, the Jewish-German teenager who died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after hiding with her family from the Gestapo for two years while living in the Netherlands.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
Sasha will escape Vichy France, but her family will still die in the concentration camps.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
While the Nuremberg trials put the Nazi high command on trial, there were still many, many Germans in the SS or who worked at concentration camps who were able to return to everyday life.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
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Bale was 12 when Steven Spielberg cast him in the incredibly challenging role of Jim, the son of a wealthy British family who gets separated during World War II and ends up in a Japanese prison camp.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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The resisters were transferred from a prison camp to a more restrictive jail, Tulelake Camp, located more than 10 miles away, said Ron Nakano, with the Marysville JACL, noting that the two camps are distinct but often confused.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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An inmate serving a 10-year sentence for first-degree burglary walked away from a state prison work camp Monday night in El Dorado County, state officials said.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Penny is taken away, and Murphy winds up at a prisoner work camp led by the baseball-loving, vaguely sadistic warden Clancy (Russell Crowe).—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2026
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In The Weight, Hawke plays Samuel Murphy, who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer played by Russell Crowe.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
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In one, she was sent to a labor camp after giving birth.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Junk entered camp as a contender for a roster spot, either in the back end of the rotation or as a swingman/long reliever out of the bullpen.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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Ethan Walker and Sam Cozart came out of the bullpen to calm the Lamar bats down.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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