Meaning of INTERNMENT
| Pronunciation: | | in'turnmunt
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | impounding, impoundment, imprisonment, poundage |
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| | See Also: | | captivity, confinement, custody, false imprisonment, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, seizure | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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