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internee

[in-tur-nee] / ˌɪn tɜrˈni /


NOUN
inmate
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In fact, some of the internees from the act, those of Japanese descent, received monetary reparations, and Congress even passed an apology bill.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2025

He was transferred from an Immigration and Naturalization Service facility in Montana to the center for enemy alien internees in Louisiana.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Most internees complied, many desiring to show their loyalty to the United States.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

"There is an onus on the British government to identify and inform other internees whose internment may also have been unlawful," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022

To survive, some of the internees eat lizards, spoiled food, flowers, vines, slugs, weeds, and discarded bones.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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