'Internment' definitions:

Definition of 'internment'

From: WordNet
noun
Confinement during wartime
noun
The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) [syn: imprisonment, internment]
noun
Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law [syn: impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage]

Definition of 'Internment'

From: GCIDE
  • Internment \In*tern"ment\, n. [F. internement. See Intern.]
  • 1. Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Confining within a country for the duration of a war; -- usually of citizens of a hostile power. [PJC]

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