as in to confine
to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave
impound stray animals
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Recent Examples of impound
Under the city’s existing ordinance, there are no penalties for violations and food vending equipment can be impounded only after it has been left unattended for more than 30 minutes.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
If there is a violation, the e-vehicles can also be impounded, and if the operator is a minor, the vehicle would be released to the guardian or parent once the impound fee is paid.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2025
The car ended up getting impounded for 30 days, and the famed momager had to create a story to keep her daughter's escapades a secret.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 12 Mar. 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
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
If there is a violation, the e-vehicles can also be impounded, and if the operator is a minor, the vehicle would be released to the guardian or parent once the impound fee is paid.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2025
The car ended up getting impounded for 30 days, and the famed momager had to create a story to keep her daughter's escapades a secret.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 12 Mar. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impound
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Despite their influence, Black writers are often confined to race-specific topics, underpaid, and overlooked for promotions, further demonstrating that visibility does not equal equity in fashion media.—
Joce Blake,
Essence,
22 Apr. 2025
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We were all largely confined to our homes, and here was a work that was to explore the worst of humanity during a crisis that made the game feel too close for comfort.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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The aviation industry expects the exemption to help companies keep costs down during a sharp pullback in travel spending by consumers worried about slower economic growth and higher inflation.—
Rajesh Kumar Singh,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Angela keeps pushing for an answer to Kelli’s question, so Porsha tells her to kiss her ass.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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For the Howards, renovations are a chance to bring the house back to life—not just limit the damage wrought by the fire 85 years ago.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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Complications and poor results, after returning to the U.S.A., may limit a patient's options for postoperative follow-up treatment in an appropriate manner.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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At Puppy Fades dog salon, the formerly incarcerated get a second chance The Pasadena pet grooming salon is the latest social enterprise of East L.A. organization Homeboy Industries.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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After her first business venture, Nowlan got involved with Defy Ventures, a program for formerly incarcerated people.—
Esha Chhabra,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Since the protests a year ago, the university has heavily restricted campus access, drawing a lawsuit from neighbors in Manhattan who say Columbia is violating city and state laws permitting a passageway through campus.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Over the past two months, the state Senate has passed bills seeking to drastically restrict where wind and solar can be built, and to require every watt of new solar that is brought online to be accompanied by a watt of new gas.—
Saul Elbein,
The Hill,
24 Apr. 2025
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Weinstein, who was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer in 2024, had been imprisoned on Rikers Island.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
18 Apr. 2025
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While the Trump administration called the deportees sent to El Salvador terrorists, criminals and gangsters, a 60 Minutes investigation could not find criminal records for 75% of the 238 Venezuelan men imprisoned at CECOT as part of the March 15 operation.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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From elsewhere The immigrant families jailed in Texas [New Yorker] My former colleague Jack Herrera reports that under the Trump administration, ICE is jailing families who have lived in the U.S. for years and is sending them to Texas.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Jelly, who was first arrested at 14 years old, has been jailed more than 40 times throughout his life on multiple drug offenses.—
Emlyn Travis,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration has characterized that role as one for suckers, in which the United States restrained its hard power and allowed other countries to bleed its wealth.—
Margaret MacMillan,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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The amateur gangsters, with nicknames like Old Omar and Blue Eyes, used tape and velcro to restrain Kardashian and left their DNA everywhere.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Impound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impound. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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