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Internment   /ɪntˈərnmənt/   Listen
Internment

noun
1.
Confinement during wartime.
2.
The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison).  Synonym: imprisonment.
3.
Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law.  Synonyms: impounding, impoundment, poundage.



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"Internment" Quotes from Famous Books



... spectacle. While they clamorously accused the General of depriving them of their lawful right, the plunder of the town of Pembroke, and attempting to save the cavaliers, Lloyd heroically and adroitly took advantage of the tumult; and, though he had no other design than giving his corse decent internment, he had the transport to be instrumental in preserving the life of his friend. He took every wise precaution that his miraculous escape should be a profound secret. Endeared to each other by these extraordinary circumstances, they agreed never to separate; and Dr. Lloyd removed to ...
— The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 - An Historical Novel • Jane West
... Government and of the Trade Union organization to be established as the firm, systematic and insistent struggle with labour desertion, The way to fight this is to publish a list of desertion fines, the creation of a labour Detachment of Deserters under fine, and, finally, internment in ...
— The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism • Bertrand Russell


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