English dictionary

internment

/I/n't/[@]/rnm/@/nt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

confinement during wartime

noun.state

Source: WordNet 3.0
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

noun.act

Synonyms imprisonment

Source: WordNet 3.0
placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law

noun.act

Synonyms impounding impoundment poundage

Source: WordNet 3.0
Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

noun

Source: webster1913