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impound
[ verb im-pound; noun im-pound ]
verb (used with object)
- to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
- to confine within an enclosure or within limits:
water impounded in a reservoir.
- to seize and retain in custody of the law, as a document for evidence.
noun
- money, property, etc., that has been impounded:
a sale of impounds by the police department.
impound
/ ɪˈ貹ʊԻ /
verb
- to confine (stray animals, illegally parked cars, etc) in a pound
- to seize (chattels, etc) by legal right
- to take possession of (a document, evidence, etc) and hold in legal custody
- to collect (water) in a reservoir or dam, as for irrigation
- to seize or appropriate
Derived Forms
- ˈdzܲԻ, noun
- ˈdzܲԻ岹, noun
- ˈdzܲԻ岹, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·dzܲԻa· adjective
- ·dzܲԻİ noun
- ܲi·dzܲԻĻ adjective
Example Sentences
The driver was arrested and the van was towed away, put under lock and key at a local impound yard.
Vehicles could be impounded for ignoring the warnings, it added.
They were taken to a makeshift processing center in Bakersfield, and the car was eventually impounded.
But that effort was likely an opening salvo in what the administration hopes will be a broad test of whether the Court would allow the president to impound congressionally-appropriated funds.
Trump had said during the campaign that he planned to challenge the laws that prohibit the president from impounding or refusing to spend money that had been appropriated by Congress.
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