prison camp

prison camp

n.1. A camp for detaining and confining prisoners of war.2. A camp detaining and confining political dissidents and other prisoners.3. A minimum security facility for the internment of prisoners. Also called work camp.

pris′on camp`

n. 1. a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners. 2. a camp for less dangerous prisoners assigned to outdoor work, usu. for the government. [1905–10]

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Noun	1.	prison camp - a camp for prisoners of war internment camp, POW camp, prisoner of war campcamp - a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners"gulag - a Russian prison camp for political prisoners
	2.	prison camp - a camp for trustworthy prisoners employed in government projectsprison farm, work campcamp - a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners"

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