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Impound   /ɪmpˈaʊnd/   Listen
Impound

verb
(past & past part. impounded; pres. part. impounding)
1.
Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.  Synonyms: attach, confiscate, seize, sequester.  "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment" , "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
2.
Place or shut up in a pound.  Synonym: pound.



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"Impound" Quotes from Famous Books



... feared, but am no more afraid, When some chaste beauty by some wretch betrayed, Is drawn away with such distracted speed, That she anticipates a dreadful deed. Not so do I—Let solid walls impound The captive fair, and dig a moat around; Let there be brazen locks and bars of steel, And keepers cruel, such as never feel; With not a single note the purse supply, And when she begs, let men and maids deny; Be windows there from which she dare not fall, And ...
— The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott
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