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   im·pound

   /imˈpound/

   verb

   • 1. seize and take legal custody of (something, especially a vehicle, goods, or documents) because of an infringement of a law or regulation: "vehicles parked where they cause an obstruction will be impounded" Similar confiscateappropriatetake possession ofseizecommandeerexpropriaterequisitionsequestersequestratetakedistraindisseizeattachpoind
   • 2. shut up (domestic animals) in a pound or enclosure: "the cattle were rounded up and impounded" Similar pen inshut up/infence incoop uphem inbox inhedge inrail incageencloseconfinekettlecorral
   • 3. (of a dam) hold back or confine (water): "it will impound a reservoir 130 miles long"

   Derivatives

   • 1. impoundable adjective
   • 2. impounder noun
   • 3. impoundment noun

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   Synonyms for IMPOUND: confine, keep, limit, incarcerate, restrict, imprison, jail, restrain; Antonyms of IMPOUND: emancipate, unchain, manumit, unbind, enfranchise, liberate, unfetter, discharge.

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   detain. hold. suggest new. Another way to say Impound? Synonyms for Impound (other words and phrases for Impound).

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   Other forms: impounded; impounding; impounds. To impound something is to legally take it away from its owner. The police might impound your car if you were parked in front of a fire hydrant. Sometimes a city will impound a driver's car after they've accumulated many unpaid parking tickets.

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   Synonyms of 'impound' in British English. impound. (verb) in the sense of confiscate. Definition. to take legal possession of. The police arrested him and impounded the cocaine. Synonyms. confiscate. appropriate. seize. commandeer. sequester. expropriate (formal) sequestrate. See examples for synonyms. Copyright © 2016 by HarperCollins Publishers.

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   Synonyms for IMPOUND: encage, incarcerate, confine, seize, confiscate, appropriate, accumulate, take, collect, attach, pound, confine, sequester, retain, store.

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   cage. Sense: To seize. Synonyms: appropriate , confiscate, seize. ' impound ' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): bottle up - confine - confiscate - constrain - expropriate - foreclose.

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    Synonyms for IMPOUNDS: keeps, limits, confines, incarcerates, imprisons, restricts, interns, restrains; Antonyms of IMPOUNDS: emancipates, unchains, unbinds, enfranchises, discharges, liberates, frees, unfetters