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internment

noun

1 internment

Confinement during wartime.

is a specific kind of: captivity, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration.

derivation: intern.

2 internment

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

synonym: imprisonment.

is a specific kind of: confinement.

is a broader term that covers: lockdown | false imprisonment | custody.

derivation: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand | intern.

3 internment

Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law.

synonyms: impounding, impoundment, poundage.

is a specific kind of: seizure.

is a broader term that covers: drug bust, drugs bust.

domain category: jurisprudence, law.

derivation: pound, pound up | attach, confiscate, impound, seize, sequester.

Dutch: opstuwing

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