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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But the only way our leaders should approach the Alien Enemies Act in the modern day is by acknowledging the fundamental injustice of wartime internment and expulsions and by working to repeal the law, not resurrecting it to devastate the lives of other immigrants who call this country home.
—Karen Ebel, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
The final internment camps didn’t close until 1948, approximately three years after the second world war ended, according to the National Archives.
—Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
During World War I, 6,000 German and other foreign nationals were placed in internment camps after President Woodrow Wilson invoked the act, according to the National Archives.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
The prisoners of war were then transported to places of internment in a manner that raised concerns.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
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Karen Ebel, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
The final internment camps didn’t close until 1948, approximately three years after the second world war ended, according to the National Archives.
—Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
During World War I, 6,000 German and other foreign nationals were placed in internment camps after President Woodrow Wilson invoked the act, according to the National Archives.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
The prisoners of war were then transported to places of internment in a manner that raised concerns.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for internment
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“Internment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internment. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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