internment
noun
in·tern·ment
in-ˈtərn-mənt 
ˈin-ˌtərn-
plural internments
: the act of interning someone or the state of being interned
His parents had never told him about the exclusion laws, or the internment of Japanese-Americans, and the subject had not come up in his textbooks.—
Timothy Egan
Timothy EganEven in the midst of betrayal and the resulting alienation experienced in the internment, there exists the unnegotiable state of human bonds and possibility for reconciliation.—Fumitaka Matsuoka
Fumitaka Matsuoka… an American who spent World War II with his parents in an internment camp.—Philip Siekman
Philip SiekmanExamples of internment in a Sentence
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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The restaurant, located at 810 1/2 E. 31st St., was opened in 1951 by Paul and Kitty Kawakami, a Japanese-American couple who was confined in a California internment camp during World War II despite both being born in the U.S., according to The Star’s archives.
—Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
Her grandfather, along with other family members, was imprisoned during World War II in the Japanese internment camps, losing the family farm in the process.
—Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 23 July 2025
That calling is even more urgent now that Alligator Alcatraz, which is nothing more than a modern-day internment camp, is cloaked in apparent legality.
—Sister Ann Kendrick, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
Another internment site was a cremation vessel that held the remains of three people, two large knives and several other relics associated with central Mexico.
—Kerry Breen
july 10, CBS News, 10 July 2025
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Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
Her grandfather, along with other family members, was imprisoned during World War II in the Japanese internment camps, losing the family farm in the process.
—Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 23 July 2025
That calling is even more urgent now that Alligator Alcatraz, which is nothing more than a modern-day internment camp, is cloaked in apparent legality.
—Sister Ann Kendrick, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
Another internment site was a cremation vessel that held the remains of three people, two large knives and several other relics associated with central Mexico.
—Kerry Breen
july 10, CBS News, 10 July 2025
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“Internment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internment. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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