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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
Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007, that captured the daily lives of Auschwitz concentration camp workers.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
Benigni wrote, directed, and starred in the 1998 tale of a Jewish Italian bookshop owner who tries to shield his son from the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
The proceeds of any sale will be shared with the heirs of its former owner, the Viennese cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum, who was killed in the Dachau concentration camp in 1941.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 24 Feb. 2025
The group was later found, and Anne died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at age 15.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
Benigni wrote, directed, and starred in the 1998 tale of a Jewish Italian bookshop owner who tries to shield his son from the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
The proceeds of any sale will be shared with the heirs of its former owner, the Viennese cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum, who was killed in the Dachau concentration camp in 1941.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 24 Feb. 2025
The group was later found, and Anne died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at age 15.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
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The View From The Ground: A Federal Prison Crisis Federal prison camps are often portrayed as the safest and easiest to manage within theFederal Bureau of Prisons.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Other Facilities Alongside the closure of FCI Dublin, the Bureau of Prisons is shutting down minimum-security prison camps in Pensacola, Florida; Duluth, Minnesota; and Morgantown, West Virginia.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
6 Dec. 2024
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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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
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His Polish father had fought for the Allied Armed Forces, while his Belarusian mother had survived a Nazi labor camp.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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Right-hander Brad Keller has also made the team in the bullpen following a strong spring.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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Long impressed in spring camp and carved out a significant role in the bullpen.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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