internment
noun
an act or instance of interning, or confining a person or ship to prescribed limits during wartime.
internments
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pluralof internment.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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People are more familiar with the incarceration of Japanese Americans, including U.S. citizens, but we still do remember the Alien Enemies Act internments as a shameful part of our history.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2025
"The section that will be used is occupied by the dead from a century ago and will not affect any recent internments," FWC said.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2024
Jay Tidmarsh, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, suggested the World War II internments as a possible comparable framework.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
In 1988, Congress formally apologized for the internments, and provided reparations checks of $20,000 to 82,000 victims.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
The populace has not molested alien enemies, and their government has not indulged in wholesale internments of enemies’ subjects.
From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Eric Fisher Wood
