internment camp
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7.6
- noun
- /ɪnˈtɜrnmənt kæmp/
:
campo de internamiento
- From there, the internees were transported to one of ten permanent internment camps, which were located in isolated areas in windswept deserts or vast swamplands.
- Japanese internment camp
You know, they, they could, they could have gone after Roosevelt for the for the internment camps.
- You know, they, they could, they could have gone after Roosevelt for the for the internment camps.
Examples
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I am reminded of the internment camps that Americans of Japanese descent were shuffled into during WW2.
Blog text (14) -
Mr. Saigo, a Japanese-American who spent three years of his childhood in an Arizona internment camp during World War II, started working on making the campus more inclusive.
Academic text (2017) -
In his late teens, he found himself in an internment camp in Canada.
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After I escaped from the internment camp, I hid out with them.
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A third of our regiment came from the internment camps, where they took all the West Coast Japanese.
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The notorious internment camps of World War II only lasted for four years.
Blog text (7) -
In 1942, the government relocated Japanese Americans to internment camps.
Academic text (1995) -
Although many of our families were locked up in internment camps, we Japanese-Americans fought valiantly for our country in World War II.
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During World War II, many Japanese-Americans were forcibly moved to internment camps across the United States.
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The documentary highlighted the harsh conditions experienced by families in internment camps during the conflict.
Synonyms
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5.6
A place where many people are imprisoned without trial in harsh, crowded conditions
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4.6
A place where people are kept for a short time, like prisoners or migrants, while their case is decided
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5.3
A camp where guards keep people against their will, often during war
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7.5
A prison where people are forced to work, often for political reasons
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7.0
A camp where prisoners must do hard physical work
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4.3
A camp that holds soldiers captured during a war
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3.2
A place that holds soldiers captured by the enemy during a war
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9.9
A place where a government holds people and forces them to change their beliefs
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3.2
A place where refugees or migrants are kept temporarily while officials decide if they can enter the country
A place where people are kept by the government and forced to change their beliefs or behavior
Antonyms
How Restricted
- Specialized
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7.9
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5.3
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7.6
- UK
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4.6
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4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'internment' (detention without trial) + 'camp' (a site where people stay) yields a place where detained people are kept under guard. This straightforward combination and the existence of equivalent constructions in many languages make it transparent to learners who know both constituents.
Etymology
Internment camp comes from a harsh, simple image: internment means being held under guard and a camp is a place with fences and guards. Imagine people behind fences and guards during a war, so the phrase means 'a place where people are kept under guard, usually during war or for political reasons'.