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  • 71confiscate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. take, seize, commandeer, appropriate. See acquisition, condemnation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. appropriate, impound, usurp; see seize 2 , steal . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. seize, appropriate …

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  • 72imprison — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. lock up, confine, detain; hold, jail, incarcerate. See circumscription, restraint. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. jail, confine, incarcerate, lock up, coop up, immure, impound, detain, keep in, hold,… …

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  • 73jail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See prison. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. prison, penitentiary, house of correction, penal institution, correctional facility, goal, cell, carcel, cage, guardhouse, guardroom, brig, pound, reformatory,… …

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  • 74seize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. grasp, clutch; capture, arrest, appropriate, confiscate; afflict; attach, distrain; comprehend, understand. See stealing, intelligence, acquisition. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To grasp] Syn. take, take …

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  • 75Restraint — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Restraint >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 restraint restraint Sgm: N 1 hindrance hindrance &c. 706 Sgm: N 1 coercion coercion &c.(compulsion) 744 Sgm: N 1 cohibition cohibition constraint repression …

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  • 76impoundment — (n.) 1660s; see IMPOUND (Cf. impound) + MENT (Cf. ment) …

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  • 77poind — [pɔɪnd, pɪnd] verb Scots Law distrain or impound (a person s goods). Origin ME: var. of dialect pind impound …

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  • 78impounding — noun placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law • Syn: ↑impoundment, ↑internment, ↑poundage • Derivationally related forms: ↑pound (for: ↑poundage), ↑impound, ↑ …

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  • 79internment — noun 1. confinement during wartime • Derivationally related forms: ↑intern • Hypernyms: ↑captivity, ↑imprisonment, ↑incarceration, ↑immurement 2. the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) …

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  • 80impoundable — (ˈ)im|pau̇ndəbəl, əmˈp adjective : capable of or liable to impoundment * * * impoundˈable adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑impound …

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