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Internment

Internment Meaning & Definition
Internment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Internment?

[n] placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
[n] the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
[n] confinement during wartime

Synonyms | Synonyms for Internment: impounding | impoundment | imprisonment | poundage

Related Terms | Find terms related to Internment:

See Also | captivity | confinement | custody | false imprisonment | immurement | imprisonment | incarceration | seizure

Internment In Webster's Dictionary

\In*tern"ment\, n. [F. internement. See {Intern}.] Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

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