'Impound' definitions:
Definition of 'impound'
(from WordNet)
verb
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" [syn: impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize]
verb
Place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray" [syn: impound, pound]
Definition of 'Impound'
From: GCIDE
- Impound \Im*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impounding.] To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of some authority such as police or a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound an illegally parked car; to impound a document for safe keeping. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impound'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- contain,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- cork up,
- corral,
- crib,
- detain,
- distrain,
- encage,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- enshrine,
- expropriate,
- fence in,
- garnish,
- hedge in,
- hem in,
- hold,
- hold in custody,
- hold in restraint,
- house in,
- immure,
- impress,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- include,
- inhibit,
- jail,
- keep in,
- keep in custody,
- keep in detention,
- kennel,
- leaguer,
- levy,
- mew,
- mew up,
- nationalize,
- pen,
- pen in,
- pen up,
- pocket,
- pound,
- press,
- quarantine,
- rail in,
- replevin,
- replevy,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- seal up,
- sequester,
- sequestrate,
- shackle,
- shrine,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- socialize,
- stable,
- surround,
- wall in,
- wrap,
- yard,
- yard up