detention camp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of detention camp
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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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
Morey’s great-grandfather, who came here in 1892, was sent to a detention camp in Tuna Canyon where the feds kept the foreign-born it regarded as security risks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
In 2008, Judge Urbina ordered the release of a number of prisoners being held at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, including 17 from the Uyghur Muslim minority in western China.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
But York was assigned to the command of his prisoners, to carry them back to a detention camp.
From Sergeant York And His People by Sam K. (Sam Kinkade) Cowan
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