internment

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

internment
    n 1: confinement during wartime
    2: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a
       prison) [syn: {imprisonment}, {internment}]
    3: placing private property in the custody of an officer of the
       law [syn: {impoundment}, {impounding}, {internment},
       {poundage}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Internment \In*tern"ment\, n. [F. internement. See {Intern}.]
   1. Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops,
      to the interior of a country.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Confining within a country for the duration of a war; --
      usually of citizens of a hostile power.
      [PJC]

[email protected]