as in to confine
to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave
impound stray animals
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Recent Examples of impound
The vehicle was impounded after a person reported that it had been abandoned.
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Andrew Blankstein, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
The vehicle was impounded last week after being abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, where neighbors complained of a rotting smell.
—Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
The car was impounded after someone reported it was abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, NBC Los Angeles reported.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
If scooters or bikes are abandoned or illegally parked, they can be impounded by the city.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Blankstein, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
The vehicle was impounded last week after being abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, where neighbors complained of a rotting smell.
—Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
The car was impounded after someone reported it was abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, NBC Los Angeles reported.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
If scooters or bikes are abandoned or illegally parked, they can be impounded by the city.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impound
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impound
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Four people have been sentenced for animal cruelty after keeping over 30 dogs and seven ferrets confined to a single room in a Bethel home.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Oct. 2025
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Some paid dearly for their dissent by losing their jobs, being sent to prison labor camps, being confined in psychiatric institutions, and/or forced into exile.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Fed, which opted to cut interest rates earlier this month, is guided by a dual mandate to keep inflation under control and maximize employment.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Netanyahu knows that his political future is dependent on keeping far-right members of his coalition on board – and that dynamic has undone past pushes for the end of the war.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2025
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Supplies are limited, and at this price, codes won’t last long.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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The federal government argued that the lower courts were circumventing the power of the justices and improperly limiting the authority of the Department of Homeland Security.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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Rocha’s father was a gang member, Reynolds said, and incarcerated during his childhood.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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Combs, 55, will be incarcerated for 50 months, roughly four years, for the two prostitution counts of which he was convicted in July, Judge Arun Subramanian revealed during a hearing in Manhattan federal court this afternoon.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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That's because the city has a history of shifting on this issue, from when pursuits were restricted following bystander deaths, and then loosened in response to carjackings and reckless driving in the city.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Many states and tribal groups disagree with that take and are duking it out with Kalshi in courts from coast to coast to try to restrict where the company can operate without a gaming license.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Bukele’s administration asked for the return to El Salvador of some of the MS-13 gang leaders who had been arrested in Mexico and imprisoned in the United States.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Reports suggest that in some cases, the prisoners are still alive when their organs are removed, and some of them may be imprisoned merely as a pretense to securing their organs.—
Cory Franklin,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors sent the Bukele government an extradition request for Melgar, who was jailed in El Salvador at the time, according to Salvadoran court records.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Dubov was part of Convers Sports Initiatives, alongside Vladimir Antonov, a Russian businessman later jailed for his role in a multi-million-dollar bank fraud.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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His arms were restrained to the bed and his feet were shackled together at the ankles.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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The leather straps for restraining limbs are still there on opposite ends underneath stacks of paper.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Impound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impound. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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