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internment

1.	(noun) confinement during wartime
	Related Words: captivity, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration

2.	(noun) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
	Synonyms: imprisonment
	Related Words: confinement, custody, detention, false imprisonment

3.	(noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
	Synonyms: impounding, impoundment, poundage
	Related Words: seizure