impound
verb
[ ɪmˈpaʊnd ]
• seize and take legal custody of (something, especially a vehicle, goods, or documents) because of an infringement of a law.
• "vehicles parked where they cause an obstruction will be impounded"
Similar:
confiscate,
appropriate,
take possession of,
seize,
commandeer,
expropriate,
requisition,
sequester,
sequestrate,
take,
distrain,
disseize,
attach,
poind,
• shut up (domestic animals) in a pound or enclosure.
• "the cattle were rounded up and impounded"
Similar:
pen in,
shut up/in,
fence in,
coop up,
hem in,
box in,
hedge in,
rail in,
cage,
enclose,
confine,
kettle,
corral,
• (of a dam) hold back (water).
• "it will impound a reservoir 130 miles long"
