Synonyms for internment
ɪnˈtɜrn məntin·tern·ment

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1. internmentnoun

   confinement during wartime

   Synonyms:
   impoundment, impounding, imprisonment, poundage

2. imprisonment, internmentnoun

   the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

   Synonyms:
   poundage, captivity, impounding, immurement, impoundment, imprisonment, incarceration

3. impoundment, impounding, internment, poundagenoun

   placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law

   Synonyms:
   imprisonment, impoundment, impounding, poundage

Matched Categories

1. • Captivity
   • Confinement
   • Law
   • Seizure

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1. List of paraphrases for "internment":

   confinement, detention, placement, committal, institutionalization, incarceration

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1. United States:

   At the time following the Civil War, at its core, it meant all persons had the right to be protected by the police, that the laws of the country should protect all people, in the 20th century, more broader questions were litigated under the 14th Amendment, like Brown v. Board of Education -- whether segregation was constitutional. Cases involving the internment of Japanese citizens, case from the marriage equality decisions, even Roe vs. Wade have strains of equal protection language and invoke due process law.

2. David Bowers:

   We have politicians talking about internment camps, but when we talk about comprehensive immigration reform, we have people running for office based on the fact they want to put illegal or undocumented folks into camps.

3. Maggie Hassan:

   We must teach both our triumphs and our mistakes, whether it’s enslavement, Japanese internment or the treatment of those with disabilities.

4. Dan Werb:

   What we’ve seen across the world — in Mexico and Southeast Asia and China — is that ‘treatment centers’ that are mandated can effectively turn into internment camps.

5. Antony Blinken:

   Amid growing international condemnation, the PRC continues to commit genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, the United States reiterates The United States calls on the PRC to bring an end to the repression of Uyghurs, who are predominantly Muslim, and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang, including by releasing all those arbitrarily held in internment camps and detention facilities.