prison camp

noun

1
: a camp for the confinement of reasonably trustworthy prisoners usually employed on government projects
2
: a camp for prisoners of war or political prisoners

Examples of prison camp in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In Montgomery Alabama, a stand alone prison camp that is usually pretty laid back, prisoners decided on a bit of civil disobedience and opted to skip eating in the dining hall. Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 Navalny died suddenly in a prison camp in the Russian Arctic in February. Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024 The Russian dissident died under mysterious circumstances in a prison camp above the Arctic Circle last February, alone, still fighting. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024 In 1942, as an act of solidarity, Noguchi voluntarily interned at the Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona, one of several prison camps built to confine Japanese citizens and American citizens of Japanese descent on the West Coast after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for prison camp 

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Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of prison camp was in 1864

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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20camp. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

prison camp

noun
: a camp where prisoners are held

Legal Definition

prison camp

noun
: a camp for the confinement of reasonably trustworthy prisoners usually employed on government projects

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