Meaning

(transitive) To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.
2. (transitive) To hold back.
3. (transitive, law) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.
4. (transitive, law, banking) To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest.
5. A place in which impounded things are stored.
6. (uncountable) The state of being impounded.
7. That which has been impounded.
8. (law, banking) Amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance.

Example Sentences

His car was impounded after he parked it illegally.

Noveria Approach Control: Landing access granted, Normandy. Noveria Approach Control: Be advised: we will be confirming identification on arrival. If confirmation cannot be established, your vessel will be impounded.

water impounded by a dam

to impound stray cattle

to impound a document for safekeeping.

I particularly enjoyed the tale of the Folkestone tank engine, which, in October, 1886, was impounded by H. M. Customs after smuggled brandy was found concealed in its coal bunker; the tank spent over a month in a harbour siding under Customs seal and proceedings were seriously contemplated against the S.E.R., as well as against the crew, for the engine's part in the affair.

The container thought to have belonged to Garweg was impounded by police and removed from the site by the Federal Agency for Protective Relief (THW) on Sunday and taken for further examination.

"You're gonna drive me to the impound so I can get my car?"

Word Forms

• impounds
• impounding
• impounded

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