Internment (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. an act or instance of interning, or confining a person or ship to prescribed limits during wartime: the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
  2. the state of being interned; confinement.
noun
    • the act of interning or state of being interned, esp of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects
    • (as modifier)
Internment (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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