stalag
noun
sta·lag ˈstä-ˌläg 
: a German prison camp for noncommissioned officers or enlisted men
broadly : prison camp sense 2
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web To keep captive spirits up in the stalag, the prisoners staged makeshift plays. 
Robert D. Mcfadden, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017
Robert D. Mcfadden, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017 Word History
Etymology
German, short for Stammlager base camp, from Stamm base + Lager camp
First Known Use
1940, in the meaning defined above
stalags
noun
as in concentration camps
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- concentration camps
- labor camps
- work camps
- bastilles
- prison camps
- bull pens
- big houses
- bridewells
- jailhouses
- quods
- calabooses
- tolbooths
- pokeys
- hoosegows
- brigs
- jails
- penitentiaries
- coolers
- lockups
- stockades
- tanks
- gulags
- pens
- prisons
- jugs
- slammers
- cages
- cells
- hocks
- coops
- guardrooms
- stirs
- nicks
- slams
- clinks
- joints
- holds
- cans
- wards
- reform schools
- keeps
- guardhouses
- blocks
- holes
- training schools
- hulks
- dungeons
- glasshouses
- reformatories
- oubliettes
