internment

Noun

in=tern=ment

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Derived form verb intern₁

internment(n = noun.act) imprisonment - the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison); Array

is a kind of confinement

has particulars: lockdown, false imprisonment, custody

Derived form verb intern₁

internment(n = noun.act) impounding, impoundment, poundage - placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law; Array

is a kind of seizure

has particulars: drug bust, drugs bust

internment, n. [F. internement. See Intern.].

Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country. [1913 Webster]
Confining within a country for the duration of a war; -- usually of citizens of a hostile power. [PJC]