internment
/ɪnˈtɜːrnmənt/
noun
- The act of confining someone, especially during a war or for political reasons, often in a prison or camp.
- During the war, thousands of civilians faced internment in camps.
- Historians study the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
- The government ordered the internment of enemy aliens for national security.
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