Impound
21impound — Synonyms and related words: annex, attach, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, bound, box in, box up, cage, chamber, check, cloister, close in, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, compass, confine, confiscate, constrain …
22impound — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. jail, restrain; confine, corral, encage; seize, take, confiscate, expropriate, appropriate. See enclosure, restraint, acquisition. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To imprison] Syn. encage, incarcerate,… …
23impound — [[t]ɪmpa͟ʊnd[/t]] impounds, impounding, impounded VERB If something is impounded by policemen, customs officers or other officials, they officially take possession of it because a law or rule has been broken. [be V ed] The ship was impounded… …
24impound — im·pound || ɪm paÊŠnd v. shut up, enclose, confine; seize, confiscate; dam up water, confine water in a reservoir …
25impound — verb 1》 seize and take legal custody of. 2》 shut up (domestic animals) in a pound. 3》 (of a dam) hold back (water). Derivatives impoundable adjective impounder noun impoundment noun …
26impound — v. a. 1. Put into a pound. 2. Confine, encage, imprison, shut up, coop up …
27impound — verb 1) officials began impounding documents Syn: confiscate, , take possession of, seize, commandeer, expropriate, requisition, sequester, sequestrate; Law distrain 2) the cattle were impounded Syn: pen in, shut up/in …
28impound — v 1.(all usu. of animals) pen, pen in, shut up, cage, encage, coop up, rail, fence in; tie up, secure. 2. confine, enclose, contain, hold in, check, bound, limit; shut in, imprison, incarcerate, immure, wall up, hem in. 3. appropriate, take… …
29impound — im·pound …
30impound — verb Syn: confiscate, appropriate, take possession of, seize, commandeer, expropriate, requisition, take over Ant: release …
