as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined
the internment of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II is one of the more shameful chapters in United States history
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Recent Examples of internment
Some early border fences, which went up immediately after the end of the Second World War, were taken from Japanese internment camps; after the war, the Border Patrol received surplus airplanes to make patrolling easier.
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Garrett M. Graff, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
The core of this CW series is a romance between a human girl, Emery, and an alien boy called Roman who met a decade earlier when the extraterrestrial visitors first crash-landed on Earth and were rounded up and placed in an internment camp.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Flags at Indiana's state facilities will remain at half-staff until sunset on the day of Hamilton's internment, according to the release.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
People living in Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona were forced to leave their homes and property and were sent to 10 internment camps in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
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Garrett M. Graff, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
The core of this CW series is a romance between a human girl, Emery, and an alien boy called Roman who met a decade earlier when the extraterrestrial visitors first crash-landed on Earth and were rounded up and placed in an internment camp.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Flags at Indiana's state facilities will remain at half-staff until sunset on the day of Hamilton's internment, according to the release.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
People living in Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona were forced to leave their homes and property and were sent to 10 internment camps in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for internment
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Watani Stiner is a memoirist and former Black Power activist whose writing explores revolution, exile, captivity, and reconciliation with family and history.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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He was brutally tortured during his captivity and held in solitary confinement for four of the years he was detained but stalwartly refused to provide the North Vietnamese with information.—
Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 Apr. 2026
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Lorincz spoke out for the first time since her arrest, conviction and incarceration in a September 2025 interview with the local ABC affiliate WCJB.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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As part of his plea deal, Epstein was allowed to spend the majority of his incarceration working out of the plush personal office, returning to the county jail each night.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
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Tasha Beamon, 48, was charged with vulnerable adult abuse and unlawful imprisonment.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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The co-conspirator was sentenced to two years imprisonment for his involvement in Schiller's kidnapping and Jorge Delgado got 15.—
Troy Roberts,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the criminal confinement case, Page took a hammer on March 1 and broke glass on a dresser, telling the same victim to pick up the pieces.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Chavez, who once ran a ketamine clinic, pleaded guilty in October 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and was sentenced to eight months home confinement in December 2025.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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On that same day, nearly 300 people were sent to the prison in El Salvador from the same Texas detention center, according to the American Immigration Council.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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Sacramento’s smallest zoo Alali now lives in Natomas with her fiancé, Alex Saraceno, along with Merlin; a girl group of rats named Monica, Moira and Amy; a former prison pigeon named Al Capone; a bearded dragon named Muffy; and a dog named Maverick.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Internment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/internment. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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