Definition of POW camp

1. Noun. A camp for prisoners of war.

Exact synonyms: Internment Camp, Prison Camp, Prisoner Of War Camp
Generic synonyms: Camp
Specialized synonyms: Gulag

Lexicographical Neighbors of POW Camp

POP3
POR
POSITA
POSIX
POST
POTD
POTS
POTUS
POUM
POV
POVs
POW
POW camp (current term)
POWs
PO Box No
PO box
PO box number
PP
PP&H
PPB
PPE
PPG
PPH
PPI
PPK
PPL
PPLO

Literary usage of POW camp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Negotiating While Fighting: The Diary of Admiral C. Turner Joy at the Korean by Charles Turner Joy, Allan E. Goodman (1978)
""You have moved large amounts of armed forces to the locality of your POW camp for further slaughter and atrocities. According to your own official rpts ..."

2. Accounting for Pow/Mias from the Korean War and the Vietnam War: Hearing edited by Robert K. Dornan (1998)
"On 31 May 1992, Colonel Teo and I accompanied a team of American specialists that visited several sites in Hanoi, including one former POW camp. ..."

3. Peking and the Pekingese During the First Year of the British Embassy at Peking by David Field Rennie (1865)
"... news—The Ya-mun —An apothecary's shop—Business visit to the Prince of Kung— The Imperial hunting-grounds—Shung-pow's camp—Athletes— The Hau-lin—Attempt ..."

4. Alliance Adrift by Yoichi Funabashi (1999)
"He was taken on a US army truck to the Yaka POW camp in the township of Kin. ... You shouldn't be put in a POW camp. Get off here and do something good for ..."

5. Soviet Defectors: The KGB Wanted List by Vladislav Krasnov (1986)
"... fourth-grade education, former Soviet army soldier; taken prisoner by the Germans, from August 1941 served as a policeman at the POW camp in Dvinsk. ..."

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