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Detention camp   /dɪtˈɛnʃən kæmp/   Listen
Detention camp

noun
1.
An institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court).  Synonyms: detention home, detention house, house of detention.






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"Detention camp" Quotes from Famous Books



... a race-track on the outskirts of Berlin, and a detention camp for English civilians. This is quite another sort of menagerie. You can imagine the different kinds of Englishmen who would be caught in Germany by the storm—luxurious invalids taking the waters at Baden-Baden; Gold Coast negro roust-abouts from rusty British tramps at Hamburg; ...
— Antwerp to Gallipoli - A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them • Arthur Ruhl

... from her father. He was then in a detention camp, for, being a good American, he refused to bow ...
— Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest - Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies • Alice B. Emerson



Words linked to "Detention camp" :   detention house, detention home, correctional institution, house of detention



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