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 SiekmanSynonyms
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 reparations list goes well beyond often cited payments to Jewish victims of the Holocaust and Japanese Americans incarcerated in World War II internment camps.
—Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
In 1988, for example, the U.S. government paid reparations to Japanese Americans – and in some cases, their descendants – who were forced into internment camps during World War II.
—Cornell William Brooks, The Conversation, 19 June 2024
My Lost Freedom by George Takei The 87-year-old actor's poignant tale of living in WWII Japanese internment camps.
—David Walters, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
Her family received financial compensation after being among the roughly 120,000 Japanese Americans placed in internment camps during World War II.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
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Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
In 1988, for example, the U.S. government paid reparations to Japanese Americans – and in some cases, their descendants – who were forced into internment camps during World War II.
—Cornell William Brooks, The Conversation, 19 June 2024
My Lost Freedom by George Takei The 87-year-old actor's poignant tale of living in WWII Japanese internment camps.
—David Walters, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
Her family received financial compensation after being among the roughly 120,000 Japanese Americans placed in internment camps during World War II.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
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“Internment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internment. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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