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Impound   /ɪmpˈaʊnd/   Listen
Impound

verb
(past & past part. impounded; pres. part. impounding)
1.
Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.  Synonyms: attach, confiscate, seize, sequester.  "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment" , "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
2.
Place or shut up in a pound.  Synonym: pound.



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"Impound" Quotes from Famous Books



... rifles are sure to be contraband here; but this is a wild district, and the people won't be too well-disposed towards us, coming and stopping their little game. We've a right to impound the rifles, I daresay, but I really think we had better look ...
— Round the World in Seven Days • Herbert Strang

... on, 'he became rather noisome, and we thought we might as well impound the correspondence'—he wrinkled his swelled left eye—'and after that, we got him to take a ...
— A Diversity of Creatures • Rudyard Kipling



Words linked to "Impound" :   hold, garnish, attach, restrain, distrain, confine, condemn, garnishee, take, pound up



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