prison camp
noun
1
: a camp for the confinement of reasonably trustworthy prisoners usually employed on government projects
2
: a camp for prisoners of war or political prisoners
Examples of prison camp in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
He was captured following the American surrender of the Bataan Peninsula in April 1942, the DPAA said, and forced on the Bataan death march before being interned in a notorious prison camp.
—
Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 May 2024
Now what? Fire Country’s season finale saw Bode make an important decision for his life outside of the prison camp Three Rock.
—Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 18 May 2024
The disgraced Theranos founder is currently serving an 11 year and three month-long sentence at a federal women’s prison camp in Bryan, Texas that was initially knocked down by two years and has now been shorted by an additional four months.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024
Rounded up and imprisoned in barbed wire prison camps in some of the most hellish places and most desolate places in the country.
—Abc News, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for prison camp 
Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 May 2024
Now what? Fire Country’s season finale saw Bode make an important decision for his life outside of the prison camp Three Rock.
—Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 18 May 2024
The disgraced Theranos founder is currently serving an 11 year and three month-long sentence at a federal women’s prison camp in Bryan, Texas that was initially knocked down by two years and has now been shorted by an additional four months.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024
Rounded up and imprisoned in barbed wire prison camps in some of the most hellish places and most desolate places in the country.
—Abc News, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for prison camp
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'prison camp.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Articles Related to prison camp
Dictionary Entries Near prison camp
Cite this Entry
“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20camp. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share