internamento

Definitions of internamento
  1. noun
    placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
  2. noun
    the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
    synonyms: carcerazione, detenzione, fermo
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    types:
    consegna
    the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
    type of:
    contenimento, trattenimento
    the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
  3. noun
    the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
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    type of:
    carcerazione, detenzione, fermo
    the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
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