prison camp

noun

1. a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners.

2. a camp for less dangerous prisoners assigned to outdoor work, usually for the government.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prison camp¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The rise and fall of the Soviet Union happened long before Gen Z’s time, so breadlines and prison camps seem like myth.

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A week after her interview with Blanche, Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security prison camp in Bryan, Texas.

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Hayhanen had been in the KGB long enough to know that such “vacations” usually included long stays in Siberian prison camps.

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The British, Australian and Indian prisoners were herded into Changi prison camp, where they were put on brutal work gangs and pushed to near-starvation.

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While her fellow inmates were confined to their dormitories after breakfast, Maxwell met with several visitors in the federal prison camp’s chapel, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Related Words

• concentration camp 
• gulag 
• internment camp