Meaning

noun confinement during wartime

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

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

originEtymology tree English intern Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English internment From intern + -ment.

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