concentration camp
noun
a guarded compound for the mass detention without hearings or the imprisonment without trial of civilians, as refugees, members of ethnic minorities, political opponents, etc.
concentration camps
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pluralof concentration camp.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The upside-down triangle was used to identify gay men in Nazi concentration camps.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Hotel Exile” also relates the extraordinary transformation of the hotel into a center for those returning from concentration camps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“When you go to the more difficult part, about the concentration camps, there is no natural light, and you’re at the lowest, most compressed, point.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
If we look at that “Amazonification,” different concentration camps evolved over time in different ways.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2026
Adolf Eichmann, the SS official responsible for the deportation of Jews to concentration camps, escaped to Argentina, but, fifteen years later, Israeli agents tracked him down, captured him, and flew him to Israel for trial.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
