Synonyms for internment
ɪnˈtɜrn məntin·tern·ment

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1. internmentnoun

   confinement during wartime

   Synonyms:
   impoundment, impounding, imprisonment, poundage

2. imprisonment, internmentnoun

   the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

   Synonyms:
   poundage, captivity, impounding, immurement, impoundment, imprisonment, incarceration

3. impoundment, impounding, internment, poundagenoun

   placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law

   Synonyms:
   imprisonment, impoundment, impounding, poundage

Matched Categories

1. • Captivity
   • Confinement
   • Law
   • Seizure

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1. List of paraphrases for "internment":

   confinement, detention, placement, committal, institutionalization, incarceration

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How to use internment in a sentence?

1. Antony Blinken:

   The Chinese government has detained more than one million people in as many as 1200 state-run internment camps throughout Xinjiang, many detainees are subjected to physical violence, sexual abuse, and torture to induce them to work producing apparel, electronics, solar equipment, agricultural products.

2. Antony Blinken:

   Amid growing international condemnation, the PRC continues to commit genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, the United States reiterates The United States calls on the PRC to bring an end to the repression of Uyghurs, who are predominantly Muslim, and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang, including by releasing all those arbitrarily held in internment camps and detention facilities.

3. Alexander Woo:

   With' Allegiance,' George used the vocabulary of musical theater to tell the story of the whole spectrum of emotions of the internment, i felt like George would be familiar and receptive to that [ horror ] approach to telling the story, because it's a style of storytelling that, hopefully, allows you to access the emotions of the characters involved.

4. Dan Werb:

   What we’ve seen across the world — in Mexico and Southeast Asia and China — is that ‘treatment centers’ that are mandated can effectively turn into internment camps.

5. David Bowers:

   We have politicians talking about internment camps, but when we talk about comprehensive immigration reform, we have people running for office based on the fact they want to put illegal or undocumented folks into camps.