prison camp
Americannoun
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a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners.
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a camp for less dangerous prisoners assigned to outdoor work, usually for the government.
Etymology
Origin of prison camp
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia, his parents fled from imminent Nazi occupation when he was still a baby and went to Singapore, where his father died in a Japanese prison camp.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
A week after her interview with Blanche, Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security prison camp in Bryan, Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
This is a prison camp that does not house sex offenders, nor those with the 20-year sentence Maxwell has.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2025
Navy’s Guantanamo Bay base and prison camp in Cuba.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2024
Indeed, just two people other than Shin are known to have escaped from any political prison camp in North Korea and made it to the West.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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