- a guarded prison camp in which nonmilitary prisoners are held, esp one of those run by Nazi Germany in which millions were exterminated
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con•cenˈtra•tion ˌcamp, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Governmenta guarded compound for the confinement of political prisoners, minorities, etc.
concentra′tion camp′,
- Governmenta guarded compound for the detention or imprisonment of aliens, members of ethnic minorities, political opponents, etc., esp. any of the camps established by the Nazis prior to and during World War II for the confinement and persecution of prisoners.
- 1900–05, applied origin, originally to camps where noncombatants were placed during the Boer War
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concentration camp n
'concentration camp' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Auschwitz
- Belsen
- Buchenwald
- Dachau
- death camp
- Frank
- Oświęcim
- SS
- Chełmno
- Kapo
- Maidanek
- nightmarish
- Nordhausen
- Treblinka
- shiver
- slave labor