death camp

death camp

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

death camp

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

death′ camp`

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