freedom-camp

verb

To camp out at any convenient location rather than at a designated campground.

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Meanings

verbfreedom-camp (third-person singular simple present freedom-camps, present participle freedom-camping, simple past and past participle freedom-camped)

present singular third person freedom-camps · participle present freedom-camping · participle past freedom-camped · past freedom-camped · alternative freedom camp · alternative free-camp

  1. intransitiveTo camp out at any convenient location rather than at a designated campground.

    We freedom-camped along some unnamed river in the Northland, aka illegally parked overnight somewhere to sleep.

    2015, Karina Halle, Where Sea Meets Sky, page 304
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    We took a boat ride across the lake and I was reminded that my son had told me rumors about the “bush” Maori living in the hills who often rattled the folk who freedom camped around the lake, as this was their land after all.

    2018, Susan C. Tunney, Do They Speak English Down There?
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APA

freedom-camp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freedom-camp

MLA

“freedom-camp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freedom-camp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freedom-camp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freedom-camp.

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