Found 2 items, similar to internment.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: internment internment n 1: confinement during wartime 2: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) [syn: imprisonment] 3: placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law [syn: impoundment, impounding, poundage]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Internment Internment \In*tern"ment\, n. [F. internement. See Intern.] 1. Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country. [1913 Webster] 2. Confining within a country for the duration of a war; -- usually of citizens of a hostile power. [PJC]