"prison camp" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prison camps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} prison camp (plural prison camps)
  1. A camp in which either prisoners of war or political prisoners are interned. Categories (place): Places Translations (camp for prisoners): fangelejr [common-gender] (Danish), gevangenenkamp [neuter] (Dutch), fangalega [feminine] (Faroese), fangatippi [neuter] (Faroese), vankileiri (Finnish), camp de prisonniers [masculine] (French), Gefangenenlager [neuter] (German), campo di prigionìa [masculine] (Italian), 捕虜収容所 (horyoshūyōshiyo) (alt: ほりょしゅうようしょ) (Japanese), fangeleir [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fangeleir [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), obóz jeniecki [masculine] (Polish), fångläger [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-prison_camp-en-noun-i6jO9jy7 Disambiguation of Places: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'camp for prisoners': 94 6
  2. (US) A low-security federal prison. Tags: US Categories (topical): Prison
    Sense id: en-prison_camp-en-noun-k6DwlJT3 Disambiguation of Prison: 42 58 Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: concentration camp, gulag, internment camp, labour camp, prisoner-of-war camp

Inflected forms

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