impound
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
impound (impounds, present participle impounding; past and past participle impounded)
- (transitive) to shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound
- His car got impounded after he'd parked illegally.
- (transitive) to hold back ()
- (transitive, law) to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate
- to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping.
- (transitive, law, banking) to collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest
- Russian: запира́ть
- French: confisquer
- German: beschlagnahmen, konfiszieren
- Italian: requisire, sequestrare
- Russian: конфискова́ть
- Spanish: confiscar
impound (plural impounds)
- a place in which things are impounded
- a state of being impounded
- that which has been impounded
- (law, banking) amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance
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