impound
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im·pound
(ĭm-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 place (something) in legal custody until a dispute involving it is decided: impounding ballots in a disputed election.
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.
n. (ĭm′pound′)
1. A place where impounded property is stored, as a lot for keeping vehicles that have been towed by police order.
2. The process or activity of impounding something: the impound of the uninsured car.
im·pound′er n.
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impound
(ɪmˈpaʊnd)vb (tr)
1. to confine (stray animals, illegally parked cars, etc) in a pound
2. (Law)
a. to seize (chattels, etc) by legal right
b. to take possession of (a document, evidence, etc) and hold in legal custody
3. (Physical Geography) to collect (water) in a reservoir or dam, as for irrigation
4. to seize or appropriate
imˈpoundable adj
imˈpoundage, imˈpoundment n
imˈpounder n
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im•pound
(ɪmˈpaʊnd)v.t.
1. to shut up in or as if in a pound; confine.
2. to seize and retain in custody of the law.
[1545–55]
im•pound′a•ble, adj.
im•pound′er, n.
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impound
Past participle: impounded
Gerund: impounding
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| 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"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" 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" |
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impound
verb confiscate, appropriate, seize, commandeer, sequester, expropriate, sequestrate The police arrested him and impounded the cocaine.
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Translations
takavarikoida
impound
[ɪmˈpaʊnd] VT [+ vehicle] → retener, retirar de la vía pública; [+ goods] → confiscar, incautar; [+ dog] → llevar a la perrera municipal (Jur) [+ evidence] → recogerCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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impound
vt
(= seize) goods, assets, contraband → beschlagnahmen
cattle → einsperren; car → abschleppen (lassen)
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