| n. | 1. | Confinement within narrow limits, - as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country. |
| 2. | Confining within a country for the duration of a war; - usually of citizens of a hostile power. |
| Noun | 1. | internment - confinement during wartime |
| 2. | internment - the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) Synonyms: imprisonment | |
| 3. | internment - placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law |
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