confinement

札幌で行方不明となっていた子供が保護されました。
記事の見出しにある”confinement”をWisdom英和辞典（第三版）』（三省堂）で調べると，「監禁，監禁状態」などという意味があります。”confine”の名詞形だと思い，語源をSPACE　 ALCで調べると，[語源] “con＋fine” 「限界を共にする」と書かれていました。行動範囲に限界を設ければ「監禁」というニュアンスが伝わります。
子供が保護され安心しました。（Ume）
Missing Sapporo girl rescued from confinement; man arrested

SAPPORO —
Police in Sapporo said Monday that a 9-year-old girl who had been missing since Jan 27 was found unharmed after being kept confined in an apartment near her home, and that a man has been arrested.

According to police, Rina Hataya, a 3rd year student at Higashi-Sapporo Elementary School, was rescued on Sunday night. Fuji TV reported that a 26-year-old unemployed man has been charged with kidnapping.

The girl was last seen after she left home at around 3 p.m. on Jan 27, telling her mother that she was going to buy a notebook for school. She has not been seen since. After questioning the girl’s friends and the family’s neighbors, police released Hataya’s photo to the media, appealing for public help.