detention camp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of detention camp
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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In 2022, another group of Australians, consisting of four women and 13 children, were released from the Roj detention camp and brought back to Sydney, prompting a backlash from some in Australia.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
Escape attempts from the largest detention camp in northeast Syria, Al Hol, have increased this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
After about a month, she and Nijaz were finally released from the detention camp in December 1992.
From Salon • Jul. 31, 2025
Bliss, the U.S. is constructing a new 5,000-bed immigrant detention camp.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2025
As for Nijinsky, he, with his wife, had been a prisoner in an Austrian detention camp since the beginning of the war.
From Interpreters by Van Vechten, Carl
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