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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
Some like Sarkar equated a detention center in Dublin to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II or to the Jewish concentration camps of Nazi Germany.
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Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
The penalty for those caught listening by German detector vans was deportation to a concentration camp.
—Max Hastings, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
Language comparing detention facilities to concentration camps has been controversial around the country.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Harris survived because his older sister, Rosa, worked as a slave laborer in the concentration camp outside of Dęblin.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
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Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
The penalty for those caught listening by German detector vans was deportation to a concentration camp.
—Max Hastings, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
Language comparing detention facilities to concentration camps has been controversial around the country.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Harris survived because his older sister, Rosa, worked as a slave laborer in the concentration camp outside of Dęblin.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
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She was subsequently sentenced to prison for her role in a years-long telemarketing scheme that the government said defrauded innocent people across the country, and after serving two years and nine months at a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, she was released in December 2025.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
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In 2025, Maxwell, Epstein's associate, was moved from a federal prison in Florida to a low-security prison camp in Texas.—
Maegan Vazquez The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
4 Apr. 2026
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And Nazi officials had promised Auschwitz’s Buna work camp thousands of skilled Jewish laborers – a quota that was not met because of the Rosenstrasse Jews’ release.—
Danielle Wirsansky,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 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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Petrook's father was forced into a labor camp, but escaped.—
Lisa Rozner,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Half Moon Bay, a San Mateo County coastal city of just over 11,000 residents, gained national attention in 2023 when a mass shooting at a farm labor camp exposed the squalid living conditions of farmworkers in the area.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Sox bullpen let a one-run lead get away in the ninth inning.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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But, at the moment, the most important needs for the Rangers are working deGrom back into the rotation and preserving fresh arms in the bullpen.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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