internment

Noun
  1. Confinement during wartime (synset 114023787)
    is a type of: captivity, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration - the state of being imprisoned
  2. The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) (synset 101149281)
    is a type of: confinement - the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
    subtypes:
    • lockdown - the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)
    • false imprisonment - (law) confinement without legal authority
    • custody - holding by the police
    same as: imprisonment
  3. Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law (synset 100087117)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: seizure - the taking possession of something by legal process
    subtypes: drug bust, drugs bust - seizure of illegal drugs by the police
    same as: impounding, impoundment, poundage

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