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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
They were joined by another large group who had been abandoned in train cars on their way to a concentration camp as the war was winding down.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Following the German occupation of France at the height of his career, Felsen tried to escape to Switzerland; however, he was caught, arrested and interned in Drancy concentration camp.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
On these iron stones are the names of people who had lived in these houses and were killed by Nazis in Auschwitz or other concentration camps.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
His mother, who was in attendance Sunday, was born in a Nazi concentration camp, while Bennet told the crowd at the hotel in downtown Denver that much of his Polish mother’s family were killed in the Holocaust.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Following the German occupation of France at the height of his career, Felsen tried to escape to Switzerland; however, he was caught, arrested and interned in Drancy concentration camp.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
On these iron stones are the names of people who had lived in these houses and were killed by Nazis in Auschwitz or other concentration camps.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
His mother, who was in attendance Sunday, was born in a Nazi concentration camp, while Bennet told the crowd at the hotel in downtown Denver that much of his Polish mother’s family were killed in the Holocaust.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 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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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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His mother was sent to a labor camp, and young Jimmy was left to care for his siblings.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
28 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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