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encampment

[en-kamp-muhnt]

noun

  1. an act or instance of encamping; lodgment in a camp.

  2. the place or quarters occupied in camping; camp.



encampment

/ ɪˈæ賾əԳ /

noun

  1. the act of setting up a camp

  2. the place where a camp, esp a military camp, is set up

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of encampment1

First recorded in 1590–1600; encamp + -ment
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But once he arrived, he and the nine other Colombians he had traveled with were driven to an isolated encampment in Jalisco state.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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