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INTERNMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
Synonyms:
impounding; impoundment; internment; poundage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("internment" is a kind of...):
seizure (the taking possession of something by legal process)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "internment"):
drug bust; drugs bust (seizure of illegal drugs by the police)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
Synonyms:
imprisonment; internment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("internment" is a kind of...):
confinement (the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "internment"):
lockdown (the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot))
false imprisonment ((law) confinement without legal authority)
custody (holding by the police)
Derivation:
intern (deprive of freedom)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Confinement during wartime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("internment" is a kind of...):
captivity; immurement; imprisonment; incarceration (the state of being imprisoned)
Derivation:
intern (deprive of freedom)
