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Internment   /ɪntˈərnmənt/   Listen
Internment

noun
1.
Confinement during wartime.
2.
The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison).  Synonym: imprisonment.
3.
Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law.  Synonyms: impounding, impoundment, poundage.



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... at request of Commander Thierichens, takes over for internment the German converted cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, to hold her until the end of the war; German Admiralty admits loss of submarine U-9, already reported by ...
— New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various


Words linked to "Internment" :   seizure, confinement, law, lockdown, false imprisonment, internment camp, immurement, custody, jurisprudence, drug bust, intern, drugs bust, incarceration, captivity


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