Complete Definition of "concentration camp"

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Noun
en-noun|sg=concentration camp

  1. A camp where large numbers of persons—such as political prisoner|political prisoners, prisoner of war|prisoners of war, refugee|refugees—are detained for the purpose of concentrating them in one place.
  2. A camp or premises in which persons considered to be undesirable by those who control it are hidden away, mistreated, and even killed.
  3. A situation wherein crowding and extremely harsh conditions take place.

Translations

Chinese:
:Mandarin: zh-ts|�中�|�中� (jízh�ngyíng)
Catalan: camp de concentració m
Czech: koncentra�ní tábor m
Dutch: concentratiekamp
Estonian: koonduslaager
Finnish: keskitysleiri
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German: Konzentrationslager n
Italian: campo di concentramento m
Korean: ����� (强��容�, gangjesuyongso)
Norwegian: konsentrasjonsleir m
Russian: кон�лаге�� m, кон�ен��а�ионн�й лаге�� m
Slovak: koncentra�ný tábor m, koncentrák m colloquial
Spanish: campo de concentración n

fi:concentration camp

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