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

Even 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

… an American who spent World War II with his parents in an internment camp.—

Philip Siekman

Examples 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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The last time the act was invoked was during World War II, and it was used to place noncitizens from Japan, Germany and Italy in internment camps. —

Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024 This bill granted $20,000 in reparations to every surviving Japanese-American incarcerated in internment camps during World War II. —

Chloe Iris Kennedy, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 Later, Takei's family was shipped by train to an internment camp in Arkansas, one of 10 such camps in the U.S. —

Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024 Detention centers and processing camps would need to be established nationwide, potentially creating scenes reminiscent of America's internment camps during World War II. —

Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for internment