work camp

noun

Synonyms of work campnext
: a camp for workers: such as
a
: prison camp sense 1
b
: a short-term group project in which individuals from one or more religious organizations volunteer their labor

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In the Depression era movie, Hawke portrays a widower who is torn from his daughter and gets sent to a brutal work camp. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 25 Jan. 2026 In Oregon in 1933, Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026 The family was forced into a cattle car packed full of mostly Jewish people, forced to go to what was supposed to be a work camp at Auschwitz in Poland, but was an extermination camp. — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026 Penny is taken away, and Murphy winds up at a prisoner work camp led by the baseball-loving, vaguely sadistic warden Clancy (Russell Crowe). — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for work camp

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of work camp was in 1877

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