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    internment
    /ɪnˈtəːnm(ə)nt/

    noun

    • 1. the state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons: "he was threatened with internment in a concentration camp"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › internmentInternment Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : the act of interning someone or the state of being interned. His parents had never told him about the exclusion laws, or the internment of Japanese-Americans, and the subject had not come up in his textbooks. Timothy Egan.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › InternmentInternment - Wikipedia

    Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". [3]

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishINTERNMENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    INTERNMENT definition: 1. the act of putting someone in prison for political or military reasons, especially during a war…. Learn more.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › internmentINTERNMENT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Internment definition: an act or instance of interning, or confining a person or ship to prescribed limits during wartime. See examples of INTERNMENT used in a sentence.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryINTERNMENT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    INTERNMENT meaning: 1. the act of putting someone in prison for political or military reasons, especially during a war…. Learn more.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishinternment noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    noun. /ɪnˈtɜːnmənt/ /ɪnˈtɜːrnmənt/ [uncountable, countable] the act of putting somebody in prison during a war or for political reasons, although they have not been charged with a crime. the internment of suspected terrorists. the purges, deportations and internments of the 1930s. internment camps. Definitions on the go.

  8. www.britannica.com › dictionary › internmentInternment Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    INTERNMENT meaning: the act of putting someone in a prison for political reasons or during a war the act of interning someone the state of being interned sometimes used before another noun.

  9. www.yourdictionary.com › internmentInternment Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    noun. The act of interning or confining, especially in wartime. American Heritage. An interning or being interned. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Confinement within narrow limits, as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country. Wiktionary. Synonyms: imprisonment. poundage. impounding. impoundment. Other Word Forms of Internment. Noun

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishINTERNMENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Internment is the practice of putting people in prison for political reasons. They called for the return of internment without trial for terrorists. ...internment camps for dissidents.

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › internment_ninternment, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun internment. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.