impound (redirected from impoundments)

im·pound  (m-pound)

tr.v. im·pound·ed, im·pound·ing, im·pounds

1. To confine in or as if in a pound: capture and impound stray dogs.

2. To seize and retain in legal custody: impounding disputed electoral ballots.

3. To set aside in a fund rather than spend as prescribed: a governor who impounded monies designated for use by cities.

4. To accumulate and store in a reservoir: By damming the stream, the engineers impounded its waters for irrigation.

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im·pounder n.

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impound

Verb

1. to take legal possession of; confiscate

2. to confine (an animal) in a pound

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	impound - take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" confiscate, sequester, seize, attach take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" condemn - appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway" sequester - requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered" garnish, garnishee - take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt" distrain - confiscate by distress
	2.	impound - place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray" pound restrain, confine, hold - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom" pound up, pound - shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"

Translations

impound [ɪmˈpaund] vt → embargar

impound [ɪmˈpaund] vt → confisquer, saisir

impound [ɪmˈpaund] vt → beschlagnahmen

impound [ɪmˈpaund] vt → confiscare