internment
noun/ɪnˈtɜːnmənt/
/ɪnˈtɜːrnmənt/
[uncountable, countable]- the act of putting somebody in prison during a war or for political reasons, although they have not been charged with a crime
- the internment of suspected terrorists
- the purges, deportations and internments of the 1930s
- internment camps
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