internment

The act of interning or confining, especially in wartime.

The state of being interned; confinement.

The state or condition of being interned; confinement, as of prisoners of war, in the interior of a country.

Confinement within narrow limits, — as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

Confining within a country for the duration of a war; — usually of citizens of a hostile power.

Confinement within narrow limits, as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

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

confinement during wartime

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