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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
Still, seeing a concentration camp with his own eyes was alarming.
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Sara J. Brenneis, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
My mother was in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
Brody’s character in The Brutalist, Toth, is a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp who immigrates to the United States after the war.
—Jane Levere, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
This week, an Israeli student was arrested at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland for reportedly trying to spoil a class picture with the gesture.
—Lisa Hagen, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for concentration camp
Sara J. Brenneis, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
My mother was in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
Brody’s character in The Brutalist, Toth, is a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp who immigrates to the United States after the war.
—Jane Levere, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
This week, an Israeli student was arrested at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland for reportedly trying to spoil a class picture with the gesture.
—Lisa Hagen, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for concentration camp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
Noun
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Two cousins are sent to prison camps, while two remain free.—
Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
2 Apr. 2025
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His award-winning memoir, A Sense of Duty: Our Journey from Vietnam to America (2005, Penguin Random House), detailed his military journey, including reuniting with his father who spent twelve years in prison camps in postwar Vietnam.—
Quang X. Pham,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And on that day, they were assigned to different camps, which were work camps.—
Patrick Wilson,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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Nine years later, Lowell, which consists of three facilities — the main unit, the annex and a work camp — spends 46 percent less per inmate on healthcare and 36 percent less on education.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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The novelist Daniel Kehlmann became interested in film as a child, the son of a father who survived a Nazi labor camp and went on to direct movies and theater.—
David Segal,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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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).—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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A number of qualities have led to the success of the bullpen, with velocity and pitch shapes being two of them.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Royals reliever John Schreiber came in from the bullpen.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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