Concentration Camp (Noun)
Meaning 1
A situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions).
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The Nazi regime established a network of concentration camps across occupied Europe during World War II, where millions of people were imprisoned and killed.
- In the 1970s, thousands of political dissidents were sent to concentration camps in South America, where they were subjected to forced labor and torture.
- The conditions in the concentration camp were brutal, with inadequate food, water, and shelter, and many prisoners died from disease and malnutrition.
- The government has been accused of running a concentration camp on the outskirts of the city, where dissidents are held without trial or access to lawyers.
- The prisoner of war was sent to a concentration camp in the countryside, where he was forced to work long hours in the fields and was subjected to regular beatings.