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

Krieps played the notorious wife of a Nazi concentration camp commander, Ilsa Koch, who was said to torture prisoners and make household objects out of human skin. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Masha Rolski was 14 when World War II reached Lithuania, and 18 when British troops freed her from the Nazis’ Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. — Daniella Greenbaum Davis, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2026

In the 1930s, the Nazi government used a variety of forms of public data including tax returns and census records to help identify Jews who would be rounded up and sent to concentration camps where millions were killed. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

In particular, the photos depict the daily and privileged lives of Nazi concentration camp guards stationed in special housing near the horrors of the camps themselves. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026