detention camp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of detention camp
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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It focuses on a group called the French 75, who kick things off by liberating an immigration detention camp at the U.S.-Mexico border.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 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
The detention camp contract at Fort Bliss, which could eventually hold 5,000 people, was awarded to a consortium of firms led by a company on the military contracting list for over $1 billion.
From Salon • Oct. 2, 2025
Dressed in bright orange jumpsuits, the 20 men were brought to a temporary detention camp called X-Ray, where the cells were exposed cages and the beds mats on the floor.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2025
Some of us feared that eighteen months in a detention camp would have stamped their mark on the dancer.
From Interpreters by Van Vechten, Carl
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