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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
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This last plot strand crimps some of Accountant’s fast, loose fun: Kids in prison camps — and this one could end up a death camp, if the villains have their way — aren’t very entertaining.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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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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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
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Triston McKenzie, looked upon as a potential starter, was so erratic in spring training, he was dispatched to the Guardians bullpen to start the season.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Minter joined the Mets in the offseason on a two-year, $22 million contract with an opt-out, filling a void in a bullpen that lacked a high-leverage lefty for most of last season.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2025
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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