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impound

DEFINITIONS OF: impound

1

v place or shut up in a pound

Synonyms:
pound
pound, pound up
shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
Type of:
confine, hold, restrain
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement

v take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

“The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment”
Synonyms:
attach, confiscate, seize, sequester
sequester
requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
Types:
condemn
appropriate (property) for public use
garnish, garnishee
take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
distrain
confiscate by distress
Type of:
take
take into one's possession
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