[dɪˈstreɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- seize (someone's property) in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed
(e.g: legislation has restricted the right to distrain goods found upon the premises)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French destreindre, from Latin distringere ‘stretch apart’, from dis- ‘apart’ + stringere ‘tighten’