internment camp

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internment camp

noun internment camps

  1. euphemistic a concentration camp, especially a non-Nazi one from before or during WWII; a detention center; a relocation camp. Historical references describe the camps as internment camps, although others favor the name relocation camps. Others, more critical of this action, refer to them as detention camps or concentration camps.

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noun euphemism

中文拘禁營 /拘禁营
Françaiscamp d'internement
DeutschInternierungslager
العربيةمُعَسْكَر اِعْتِقَال muʕaskar iʕtiqāl
עבריתמַחֲנֵה מַעֲצָר makhané ma'atsár

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@misc{internment_camp_2026,
  title = {internment camp},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/internment%20camp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}