impound
11impound — verb Impound is used with these nouns as the object: ↑car, ↑vehicle …
12impound — im|pound [ımˈpaund] v [T] law [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: POUND12] if the police or law courts impound something you have or own, they keep it until it has been decided that you can have it back = ↑confiscate ▪ He sued the police after they… …
13impound — im|pound [ ım paund ] verb transitive if the police or other officials impound something, they take it away from someone because they have done something illegal: CONFISCATE: The French impounded two Greenpeace ships off their coast …
14impound — verb (T) law if the police or law courts impound your possessions they take them and keep them until you claim them: Last time I went to Rome my car was impounded …
15impound — [ɪmˈpaʊnd] verb [T] if the police or other officials impound something, they take it away from someone who has done something that is illegal Syn: confiscate …
16impound — To shut up stray animals or distrained goods in a pound. To seize and take into the custody of the law or of a court. Thus, a court will sometimes impound a suspicious document produced at a trial or a vehicle, funds, records, or other items used …
17impound — To shut up stray animals or distrained goods in a pound. To seize and take into the custody of the law or of a court. Thus, a court will sometimes impound a suspicious document produced at a trial or a vehicle, funds, records, or other items used …
18impound — transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. a. to shut up in or as if in a pound ; confine b. to seize and hold in the custody of the law c. to take possession of < she was dismissed and her manuscript impounded Jonathan Weiner > 2. to collect and… …
19impound — impoundable, adj. impounder, n. v. /im pownd /; n. /im pownd/, v.t. 1. to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal. 2. to confine within an enclosure or within limits: water impounded in a reservoir. 3. to seize and retain in… …
20impound — The collecting of water by damming [16] …
