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IMPOUND

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place or shut up in a pound

Example:

pound the cows so they don't stray

Synonyms:

impound; pound

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "impound" is one way to...):

confine; constrain; hold; restrain (to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement)

Verb group:

pound; pound up (shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

Example:

The police confiscated the stolen artwork

Synonyms:

attach; confiscate; impound; seize; sequester

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "impound" is one way to...):

take (take into one's possession)

Verb group:

sequester (requisition forcibly, as of enemy property)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impound"):

condemn (appropriate (property) for public use)

garnish; garnishee (take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support)

distrain (confiscate by distress)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

impounding; impoundment (placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law)

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