impounding

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English

Definitions

verb

To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound“His car got impounded after he'd parked illegally.”
To hold back (for example water by a dam)
To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate“to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping.”
To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest

noun

An act of impoundment.

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Synonyms

impoundment internment poundage confiscation forfeiture detention seizure capture impoundage impounder immuring imposition incarceration encumberment empressment impregnation

Rhymes

astounding confounding pounding expounding compounding resounding abounding hounding grounding surrounding

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