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internment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | imprisonment |
| Type of | confinement |
| Has types | false imprisonment, custody, lockdown |
| Derivation | intern |
internment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | impounding, impoundment, poundage |
| Type of | seizure |
| Has types | drug bust, drugs bust |
internment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | captivity, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration |
| Derivation | intern |
Examples of internment
internment
Later that year, the Germans ordered French Gypsies into local internment camps.
From the washingtontimes.com
For Amemiya, her internment broke a family tradition of educational achievement.
From the latimes.com
In India, many of her German friends went into an internment camp near Dehradun.
From the guardian.co.uk
His case led the U.S. Supreme Court to examine the internment order's legality.
From the suntimes.com
The aid workers'unvoiced fear is that these sites will become internment camps.
From the economist.com
Archer and Mayweather are detained by the Tandarans in a Suliban internment camp.
From the en.wikipedia.org
On 16 August, over 8000 workers went on strike in Derry in protest at internment.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The family was later moved to Camp Minidoka, an internment camp in southern Idaho.
From the thenewstribune.com
In Hawaii, far fewer people of Japanese descent were confined to internment camps.
From the sacbee.com
- Confinement during wartime
- Imprisonment: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
- Impoundment: placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
- (interned) (JP 1-02) - A casualty definitely known to have been taken into custody of a nonbelligerent foreign power as the result of and for reasons arising out of any armed conflict in which the Armed Forces of the United States are engaged. (Army) - 1. ...
- (Interned) to be confined to a small area until a war is over.
- (interned) adj. Trad. 1. (of a symbol) accessible[3] in any package. 2. (of a symbol in a specific package) present in that package.
- (interned) detained or confined (foreign persons, ships, etc.) as during a war. Here, confined in prison for the war, the fate of many Japanese-Americans. When the boys question Quackenbush's loyalty, they wonder why he has not been confined as an enemy alien.
- To segregate and confine those considered suspicious persons. Internment camps were used in Canada during both world wars. During the first war (1914-1918) nationals of Germany and of the Austro-Hungarian (this includes Ukrainians) and Turkish empires were interned. ...
- The act or state of being detained or confined. A term referring to the imprisonment of civilian enemy aliens during wartime.
