Subcamp

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A camp (such as a labour camp or concentration camp) that makes up part of a larger camp or complex.

    "Admiral Buzby’s report describes an array of digital video recorders used to capture “activities” — it does not specify whether interrogations are included — in at least four subcamps at Guantánamo."

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"Admiral Buzby’s report describes an array of digital video recorders used to capture “activities” — it does not specify whether interrogations are included — in at least four subcamps at Guantánamo."

Etymology

From sub- + camp.

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