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]