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concentration camps


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concentration camps

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Designates internment centers established outside ordinary detention systems in which persons are confined for military or political security or for punishment or exploitation; persons are generally imprisoned by decree or military order, often including classes or groups of people without regard for their individual culpability.

Variations

camps, concentration

internment camps

detention camps

camps, internment

detention camps

camps, detention

internment camps

concentration camp

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