All concentration camp synonyms
con·cen·tra·tion camp
C c noun concentration camp
- prison camp — a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners.
- internment camp — a prison camp for the confinement of enemy aliens, prisoners of war, political prisoners, etc.
- gas chamber — an enclosure used for the execution of prisoners by means of a poisonous gas.
- gulag — the system of forced-labor camps in the Soviet Union.
- detention camp — a compound where prisoners are detained temporarily, as pending determination of their legal status under immigration laws.
- labor camp — Also called slave labor camp. a penal colony where inmates are forced to work.
- death camp — A death camp is a place where prisoners are kept, especially during a war, and where many of them die or are killed.