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
The worst part of the internment was its indeterminacy.
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The many thousands of Palestinians (including children) held hostage in Israeli jails and internment camps are, of course, not a consideration whatsoever.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
In the northwestern province of Xinjiang, for instance, Beijing has refused to engage moderate voices and has relied on direct repression, including sending a large swath of the population to internment camps, to erase local culture and silence dissent among Uyghurs.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Site of World War II internment camp to be used to detain immigrants.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The many thousands of Palestinians (including children) held hostage in Israeli jails and internment camps are, of course, not a consideration whatsoever.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
In the northwestern province of Xinjiang, for instance, Beijing has refused to engage moderate voices and has relied on direct repression, including sending a large swath of the population to internment camps, to erase local culture and silence dissent among Uyghurs.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Site of World War II internment camp to be used to detain immigrants.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for internment
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The law that banned whale captivity did not apply to the existing population of captive whales at Marineland, but the park had to comply with another part of the law that forbade breeding.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement During captivity Sharabi ached for his life in Be’eri—which as a kibbutz, or commune, is the original expression of the interdependence on which Israel functions.—
Eli Sharabi,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Although this situation has been the hardest and darkest time in my life, good things have come out of my incarceration.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Over the 1990s, Washington seized on that opacity to transform the base into a theater of extraterritorial mass incarceration to hold tens of thousands of Haitian and Cuban asylum-seekers fleeing political violence and economic collapse in their home countries.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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Zuazo and Hernandez each were charged with one count of first-degree felony murder and two counts of unlawful imprisonment.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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His aggressive defense tactics—including refusing to reveal sources and challenging judicial conduct—led to his brief imprisonment and ultimately the removal of the presiding Judge, Ural Glanville.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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After the rapper was found not guilty of three of the counts in the federal indictment, his attorney argued that he should be sent to home confinement.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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The two Tucson residents pleaded guilty in federal court in 2009, where one was sentenced to eight months in federal prison and the other to six months of home confinement and 100 hours of community service.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The story would feature voluminous evidence, including Salvadoran intelligence reports, government documents and even prison logs recording the visits of Luna and other Bukele aides to MS-13 leaders.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Both Menendez brothers remain in prison after having been denied parole in August of this year, and, in September, a judge denied their petition for a new trial.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Internment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/internment. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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