concentration camp

Definitions

1. A camp where troops are assembled, prior to combat or transport.
2. A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities.
3. A situation of overcrowding and extremely harsh conditions.
   figuratively

Equivalents

26 more languages

Afrikaanskonsentrasiekamp

العربيةمعتقلمُعَسْكَر اِعْتِقَال

Catalàcamp de concentració

Češtinakoncentrační táborkoncentrák

Danskkoncentrationslejrudryddelseslejr

Ελληνικάστρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης

Esperantokoncentrejo

Suomikeskitysleiri

Gàidhligcampa bàis

Magyarkoncentrációs tábor

Bahasa Indonesiakamp konsentrasi

Italianocampo di concentramento

日本語収容所強制収容所

ភាសាខ្មែរបន្ទាយផ្ដុំជន

한국어강제수용소수용소정치범 수용소

Nederlandsconcentratiekamp

Polskikacetobóz koncentracyjny

Portuguêscampo de concentração

Românălagăr de concentrare

Русскийконцентрацио́нный ла́герьконцлагерь

Svenskakoncentrationslägeruppsamlingslägerutrotningsläger

ไทยค่ายกักกัน

Türkçetoplama kampı

Українськаконцентраці́йний та́бір

O'zbekchakontslager

Tiếng Việttrại tập trung

Examples

“A concentration camp is a place⟳, near the scene of intended operations or near an embarkation point⟳, where troops are assembled for immediate use⟳ against the enemy or for transport⟳ to an over-sea theater of operations.”

“1930, Winston S. Churchill, My Early Life, Chapter XIV The 21st Lancers… …journey forward⟳ by nine days' march⟳ to the advanced concentration camp just north of the Shabluka Cataract.”

“All Cubans (men, women, and children) were ordered to move⟳ into garrisoned Spanish towns or concentration camps.”

“In 1945, overseen by Alfred Hitchcock, a crack team of British film-makers went to Germany to document the horror of the concentration camps.”

“What we should be doing with China is understanding they are a superpower, they are a strong economy. We want⟳ to be working with them. We certainly don't want⟳ a Cold War. But we should be speaking out against human rights abuses. When you put⟳ into concentration camps, you know⟳, or at least lock⟳ up, I don't know⟳, a million Muslims there, somebody's got to speak⟳ out about that.”

“The UN inspector stated that the Australian government's migrant detention facilities were in effect concentration camps.”

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