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
Timothy EganEven 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
Fumitaka Matsuoka… an American who spent World War II with his parents in an internment camp.—Philip Siekman
Philip SiekmanExamples 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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Among those, Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed Southern slaves, Franklin Roosevelt placed Japanese Americans in internment camps, Harry S. Truman integrated the military, and Joe Biden forgave student loans.
—Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
It was built in 1990 to honor those whose lives were uprooted during the era of Japanese American internment camps.
—Alina Polishuk, AFAR Media, 25 Feb. 2025
Their grandmother, Linda Horikawa, was only 4 years old when her family was forced into the internment camps.
—Lauren Migaki, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
In the finale, Daniel’s mother pulls out a necklace Mr. Miyagi gave her that belonged to his mother and, later, his wife, who died in a Japanese internment camp.
—Skyler Trepel, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
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Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
It was built in 1990 to honor those whose lives were uprooted during the era of Japanese American internment camps.
—Alina Polishuk, AFAR Media, 25 Feb. 2025
Their grandmother, Linda Horikawa, was only 4 years old when her family was forced into the internment camps.
—Lauren Migaki, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
In the finale, Daniel’s mother pulls out a necklace Mr. Miyagi gave her that belonged to his mother and, later, his wife, who died in a Japanese internment camp.
—Skyler Trepel, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for internment
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“Internment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internment. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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