internment
/ɪn ˈtɜrn mənt/
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Definition(s):
- (n) confinement during wartime
- (n) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
- (n) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
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Usage(s):
- To the police he arrogantly proclaimed the pro-Naziism which had earned him long internment.
- Said Commentator Davis of Author Wodehouse, released from an internment camp and put at Berlin's swank Hotel Adlon so he could broadcast for the Nazis:.
- He does today and judges that internment wrong.
Quotes
- "Due to changes in the conduct of detainee operations and programs to prepare detainees for reintegration into society, we have not only gone over 10,000 releases, but our re-internment rate is less than 1 percent," said Gen. David Petraeus, the...on Aug 2, 2008 By: David Petraeus Source: Washington Post
- "Preserving these internment sites is a solemn task we all bear," said Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., who was born in the Potson camp in Arizona in 1944. "Those who come after us will have a physical reminder of what they will never allow to...on Dec 5, 2006 By: Doris Matsui Source: FOXNews
- "I would like to stress that even considering communist law, what happened the night of Dec. 12-13 was illegal," said Kaczynski, who was arrested on the first day of martial law and jailed for some 10 months. "It was the illegal internment of...on Dec 13, 2006 By: Jaroslaw Kaczynski Source: International Herald Tribune
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