death camp

A concentration camp in which a large portion of the inmates are systematically put to death, are worked to death, or die from mistreatment.

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death camp

(Sociology) a concentration camp in which the conditions are so brutal that few prisoners survive, or one to which prisoners are sent for execution

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death′ camp`

a concentration camp in which the inmates are likely to die or be executed.

[1940–45]

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death camp - a concentration camp where prisoners are likely to die or be killed

concentration camp, stockade - a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)

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