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encampment
[en-kamp-muhnt]
noun
an act or instance of encamping; lodgment in a camp.
the place or quarters occupied in camping; camp.
encampment
/ ɪˈæ賾əԳ /
noun
the act of setting up a camp
the place where a camp, esp a military camp, is set up
Word History and Origins
Origin of encampment1
Example Sentences
But once he arrived, he and the nine other Colombians he had traveled with were driven to an isolated encampment in Jalisco state.
The possibility that Bass could testify in Carter’s courtroom provided a rare source of drama for the past week of hearings, which have focused on such granular issues as the definition of a homeless encampment.
There would be a long list of government plans and policies, but there was a bigger historic feel to events, with a huge media encampment outside and crowds lining the streets.
Army veteran whose body was found in a homeless encampment on the edge of downtown are raising concerns about the Los Angeles Police Department’s handling of their mother’s case.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested Thursday on suspicion of fatally shooting a homeless man at an encampment in Long Beach, authorities said.
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