as in to confine
to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave
impound stray animals
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Recent Examples of impound
Alassmari was arrested for felony flight, and his vehicle was impounded, police said.
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Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 11 Oct. 2025
As part of these reforms, the Royal Navy impounded dozens of merchant vessels for allegedly evading customs duties, enraging merchants as well as mariners, shipwrights, stevedores, and others in port cities whose livelihoods depended on foreign commerce.
—Time, 9 Oct. 2025
In addition, even if no budget has been passed, various authority figures within the federal government have threatened to impound any such funds even if they are authorized by Congress.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 1 Oct. 2025
When her car, her only lifeline, is stolen and impounded, Ogle is thrust into a relentless legal battle against an indifferent system.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 11 Oct. 2025
As part of these reforms, the Royal Navy impounded dozens of merchant vessels for allegedly evading customs duties, enraging merchants as well as mariners, shipwrights, stevedores, and others in port cities whose livelihoods depended on foreign commerce.
—Time, 9 Oct. 2025
In addition, even if no budget has been passed, various authority figures within the federal government have threatened to impound any such funds even if they are authorized by Congress.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 1 Oct. 2025
When her car, her only lifeline, is stolen and impounded, Ogle is thrust into a relentless legal battle against an indifferent system.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impound
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What was once a taboo activity, confined to the fringes of society, has been completely normalized.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Journalists aren’t confined to one medium anymore.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The beauty of fall keeps me coming back even in the winter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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For more nostalgic decor finds from Pottery Barn, Target, and more, keep scrolling.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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And we were limited by a poundage, and days at sea, and all these different mechanisms used to constrain the fishery.—
Dan Morrison,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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We, in collaboration with our partners, store and/or access information on a user's device, including but not limited to IP addresses, unique identifiers, and browsing data stored in cookies, in order to process personal data.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
7 Nov. 2025
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Green card holders like Gomez have been caught up in the deportation effort, too, including Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil, who was incarcerated by ICE for months.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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At the time, Locci's husband, Stefano Mele, was incarcerated for her murder.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The president of the Miss Universe Organization, Raúl Rocha, also criticized the Thai businessman and restricted him from participating in further activities.—
Anabella González,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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On the same date, the facility also started restricting employees with symptoms or who had recently traveled from entering the building.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Some years after defeating Ganon, Link and Zelda stumble across an underground tomb where the decrepit corpse of the villain’s human form, Ganondorf (played again by Critical Role’s Matt Mercer), is imprisoned.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Starring Daniel Chen and based on Chen’s life, Bad Boy tells the story of Dean, who is imprisoned in a cruel juvenile detention facility.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, August 11, 2023.—
Dawn Giel,Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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Davis later violated the terms of his sentence and was jailed for the remainder of it.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Video shows one agent restraining the man, then dragging him around as another agent helps pin him to the ground.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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In the first five months of 2024, employees of Southern Peaks Regional Treatment Center in Cañon City physically restrained young patients an average of 150 times per month, or five times in a typical day, said Emily Harvey, legal co-director of Disability Law Colorado.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Impound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impound. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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