as in to confine
to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave
impound stray animals
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Recent Examples of impound
Upon review of the car, and INDYCAR impounding the No. 3 attenuator, INDYCAR found that the car was in fact using a legal and unmodified attenuator.
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Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
His officials have illegally fired federal workers, impounded congressional appropriations and seized people off the street for deportations to foreign prisons, threatening the same for all U.S. citizens.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 14 May 2025
If Henry’s men would depart, the governor would pay for the powder impounded on the warship.
—Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
In the Walshe case, a 28-page defense motion is likewise impounded because… professional courtesy.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025
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Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
His officials have illegally fired federal workers, impounded congressional appropriations and seized people off the street for deportations to foreign prisons, threatening the same for all U.S. citizens.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 14 May 2025
If Henry’s men would depart, the governor would pay for the powder impounded on the warship.
—Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
In the Walshe case, a 28-page defense motion is likewise impounded because… professional courtesy.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impound
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Instead, violence that had mostly been confined to the northeast spread.—
Benjamin Ezeamalu,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
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In one study, researchers induced postnatal stress in a mouse (confining her, forcing her to swim) and separated her from her pups at unpredictable intervals.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Excited to keep working to bring championships to LA and make Laker Nation proud.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Aug. 2025
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Still, their mother kept her job at Kramatorsk’s municipal hospital, and that day Yuliya and Anna came to visit her at work.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2025
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The Texans also have an offensive line coach whose NFL experience is limited to being a co- or assistant offensive line coach.—
KC Joyner,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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What looks like a safe bet can limit your team’s ability to adapt.—
Lewis Wynne-Jones,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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The Big Ugly Bill allocates $45 billion for more masked thugs and concentration camps, even though fewer than 30% of the incarcerated have any criminal record, and those mostly traffic citations.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Aug. 2025
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Countless companies, state and local governments, and communities are tangled up in the economic webs tied to incarcerating migrants.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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Professors and education advocates, who waited six hours for public testimony to begin, said the curricula review provision opens the door for ideological censorship and restricts courses.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Since they are restricted free agents, their 2024-25 teams have right of first refusal, meaning if Grimes, for example, signed an offer sheet with another franchise, the Sixers could match it to bring him back for the same price.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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The trailer starts out with Starlight saving Sinclair’s blood-bending hero Marie from the mysterious hospital room where she was imprisoned in the Season 1 finale.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
25 July 2025
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The chapel, constructed between 1519 and 1520 under Henry VIII, serves as the final resting place for famous historical figures like Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard, Thomas More, John Fisher and Lady Jane Grey, all of whom who were imprisoned and beheaded at the Tower.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 July 2025
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Chavez said his first two days of unrestricted freedom have been a whirlwind, reuniting with friends and family, and finally getting to meaningfully connect with his daughter, who was born right around the time he was first jailed.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
28 July 2025
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Uribe joins a list of Latin American leaders who have been convicted and sometimes jailed, including Peru’s Alberto Fujimori, Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez and Panama’s Ricardo Martinelli.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
28 July 2025
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Video posted to social media by a passenger showed law enforcement escorting a man off the plane with his hands restrained behind his back.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
18 July 2025
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Farrell was then restrained by crew members and escorted off stage.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
16 July 2025
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“Impound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impound. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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