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Noun: concentration camp  ,kón-sun'trey-shun kamp
  1. A penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
    - stockade
     
  2. A situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions

Derived forms: concentration camps

Type of: camp, miserableness, misery, wretchedness

Encyclopedia: Concentration camp