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labor camp

noun

Definition of labor camp

as in prison camp

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Recent Examples of labor camp First union contract regulating safety and sanitary conditions in farm labor camps. — Marcos Breton, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026 In The Weight, Hawke plays Samuel Murphy, who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer played by Russell Crowe. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026 My parents grew up in Cambodia in the 1970s, when the Khmer Rouge took over the country and forced millions of people into labor camps. — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 17 Feb. 2026 In one, she was sent to a labor camp after giving birth. — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for labor camp

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Noun

The dour Dostoyevsky probably didn’t mean this as a compliment to human nature; the line appears in a book, The House of the Dead, about life in a Siberian prison camp.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Unlike the public perception often created by movies and television, daily life at a federal prison camp revolves around work assignments, educational programming, treatment, and institutional responsibilities.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of prison camp

Noun

Outside of learning about ancient concentration camps and historic serial killers while Phaedra beams, the moment without Porsha serves as a Hail Mary pass for Shamea to try to salvage some of the damage from the night before.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 20 July 2026
While there, Lassally’s sister went to school with Anne Frank, and he, his mother and sister were imprisoned in the Westerbork transit camp and later in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 July 2026

Definition of concentration camp

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An inmate who walked away from a Nevada County work camp on Independence Day was captured in Tijuana by Mexican authorities, said state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials on Monday.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Mike Braun opened the Speedway Slammer at an Indiana prison, Jim Pillen opened the Cornhusker Clink at a Nebraska work camp, and Jeff Landry opened the Louisiana Lockup in a disused wing of Angola penitentiary.

— Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026

Definition of work camp

Noun

With the bullpen overworked from a busy week — which featured a doubleheader Wednesday — manager Craig Counsell said Friday wasn’t the time to be aggressive.

— Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
Opposing starters are going deep, and bullpens are staying well rested.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 25 June 2026

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At the city’s police department jail, a paramedic drew Hampton’s blood into three vials.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
The Los Angeles man was charged with one count of misdemeanor firing timber or prairie lands, which is punishable by up to 6 months in county jail, a fine up to $1,000, or both.

— Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026

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