Definition of Internment

1. Noun. Confinement during wartime.

Generic synonyms: Captivity, Immurement, Imprisonment, Incarceration
Derivative terms: Intern

2. Noun. The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison).
Exact synonyms: Imprisonment
Generic synonyms: Confinement
Specialized synonyms: Lockdown, False Imprisonment, Custody
Derivative terms: Imprison, Intern

3. Noun. Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law.
Exact synonyms: Impounding, Impoundment, Poundage
Generic synonyms: Seizure
Specialized synonyms: Drug Bust, Drugs Bust
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Impound, Impound, Pound

Definition of Internment

1. n. Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

Definition of Internment

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Internment

internees
internes
Internet
internet site
interneural
interneuromeric
interneuromeric clefts
interneuron
interneuronal
interneurons
interneurons
interning
internist
internist
internists
internment (current term)
internments
internment camp
internodal
internodal
internodal segment
internode
internode
internodes
interns
internship
internships
internship and residency
internuclear
internuclear

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