impound

Verb
  1. Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority (synset 202278138)
    "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
    is a type of: take - take into one's possession
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: attach, confiscate, seize, sequester
    verb group: sequester - requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
  2. Place or shut up in a pound (synset 201304843)
    "pound the cows so they don't stray"
    is a type of: confine, constrain, hold, restrain - to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
    same as: pound
    verb group: pound, pound up - shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits

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