Synonyms of concentration camp

concentration camp

noun

as in prison camp

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

Related Words

• prison camp
• work camp
• labor camp
• big house
• bull pen
• jail
• pen
• stalag
• stockade
• penitentiary
• prison
• tank
• cooler
• lockup
• brig
• gulag
• calaboose
• cage
• jug
• guardroom
• coop
• hock
• stir
• slammer
• jailhouse
• cell
• bastille
• can
• clink
• joint
• hoosegow
• pokey
• bridewell
• tolbooth
• ward
• quod
• slam
• nick
• hold
• training school
• block
• reform school
• guardhouse
• hulk(s)
• keep
• hole
• glasshouse
• dungeon
• reformatory
• oubliette

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of concentration camp

Maryland is home to a large Jewish community, many of whom had significant numbers of relatives who were butchered by the SS in concentration camps. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2026

Published after her death at age 15 in a concentration camp, the diary became a classic of Holocaust literature and remains widely read. — Frank Digiacomo, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026

In 1942, the Nazis began transporting Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka concentration camp. — ABC News, 7 July 2026

More than 250 were documented to have died in concentration camps. — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026