Crossword clues for impound
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
But taken and impounded as a stray,
The king of Scots.
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 A place in which things are impounded. 2 A state of being impounded. 3 That which has been impounded. 4 (context legal banking English) Amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound. 2 (context transitive English) To hold back, as water by a dam. 3 (context transitive legal English) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate. 4 (context transitive legal banking English) To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest.
WordNet
v. 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: attach, sequester, confiscate, seize]
place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray" [syn: pound]
Usage examples of "impound".
He told them to turn around and get out or they would be arrested and their motorcycles impounded, chained together six at a time, and drug off.
County Impound inside three days, hung up and drove to the Station for mugshots and favors.
In Ozona just before Christmas three men swore out papers and the county constable impounded the animal.
Such impounding has successful inauguration in five small reservoirs now in operation on the headwaters of the Mississippi out of forty-two planned.
The circular spots and dots are the principal reservoirs used for impounding water for use during the long Martian summer.
In addition to the gigantic Canal system, provision had to be made for suitable reservoirs to impound the water after the seasonal thaws at the poles.
Prison Department guards might have challenged and surrounded an autogyro, and impounded an unauthorized boat.
Some of the big bioprospecting drug companies, like Merck which had spent years trawling the flora and fauna of Costa Rica for resources for new products, had had similar repositories impounded and shipped off-Earth, though not without bloody battles over compensation.
GAP impounded the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates, and created new farmland equal to the total cultivable area of the Netherlands.
So even if they did impound the Wyal for a few months they'd be hard pressed to find an excuse for destroying her.
I got another cop to call him at home and finally got unofficial access to the file, and yes, the inventory of impounded articles found in the room at the Galaxy Downtowner included a fur jacket.
Akbarr's attempt to coerce Captain Aditi is a simple threat to impound her ship.
None of this would be happening if he'd done his duty and impounded the damn donkey cart when he'd had the chance.
He temporarily exercised executive privilege and had the copies of the subcommittee's report impounded.
The Paradise River Fishmaster Alemi and his fishmen had boarded their transport ship and, with a crew from his own Fishhold, had sailed it and the unwelcome immigrants into Ista Harbor where the vessel was impounded and its crew and passengers transported back to their point of departure in Igen.