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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
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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
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Word History
First Known Use
1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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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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