Definitions for internment
ɪnˈtɜrn məntin·tern·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. internmentnoun

   confinement during wartime

2. imprisonment, internmentnoun

   the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

3. impoundment, impounding, internment, poundagenoun

   placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law

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1. Internmentnoun

   Confining within a country for the duration of a war; -- usually of citizens of a hostile power.

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1. internmentnoun

   Confinement within narrow limits, as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Internmentnoun

   confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country

2. Etymology: [F. internement. See Intern.]

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1. Internment

   Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people, commonly in large groups, without trial. The Oxford English Dictionary gives the meaning as: "The action of 'interning'; confinement within the limits of a country or place." Most modern usage is about individuals, and there is a distinction between internment, which is being confined usually for preventive or political reasons, and imprisonment, which is being closely confined as a punishment for crime. Internment also refers to the practice of neutral countries in time of war in detaining belligerent armed forces and equipment in their territories under the Second Hague Convention. Early civilizations such as Assyria used forced resettlement of populations as a means of controlling territory, but it was not until much later in the late 19th and 20th centuries that records exist of groups of civilian non-combatants being concentrated into large prison camps. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights restricts the use of internment. Article 9 states that "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile."

Matched Categories

1. • Captivity
   • Confinement
   • Law
   • Seizure

How to pronounce internment?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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How to say internment in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of internment in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of internment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of internment in a Sentence

1. David Bowers:

   We have politicians talking about internment camps, but when we talk about comprehensive immigration reform, we have people running for office based on the fact they want to put illegal or undocumented folks into camps.

2. Samantha Bee:

   Yay, no more baby internment camps.

3. Antony Blinken:

   Amid growing international condemnation, the PRC continues to commit genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, the United States reiterates The United States calls on the PRC to bring an end to the repression of Uyghurs, who are predominantly Muslim, and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang, including by releasing all those arbitrarily held in internment camps and detention facilities.

4. Alexander Woo:

   With' Allegiance,' George used the vocabulary of musical theater to tell the story of the whole spectrum of emotions of the internment, i felt like George would be familiar and receptive to that [ horror ] approach to telling the story, because it's a style of storytelling that, hopefully, allows you to access the emotions of the characters involved.

5. Kevin Mack:

   Yesterday Donald Trump was putting children in internment camps, and today Donald Trump's putting families in internment camps. We think both things are wrong.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=internment
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=internment
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Internment
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internment
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=internment