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 legislation strengthens a 2023 law that allows police to impound vehicles used in reckless driving offenses.
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Officers issued 11 traffic citations and impounded two vehicles, along with two misdemeanor citations for reckless driving and vandalism, according to a social media post from the police department.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Alassmari was arrested for felony flight, and his vehicle was impounded, police said.
—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
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Officers issued 11 traffic citations and impounded two vehicles, along with two misdemeanor citations for reckless driving and vandalism, according to a social media post from the police department.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Alassmari was arrested for felony flight, and his vehicle was impounded, police said.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impound
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Arpaio became well known for his harsh treatment of immigrants and jail inmates, confining them in tents without air conditioning in Arizona’s torrid climate.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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These efforts highlight that hypersonic technology is no longer confined to the arsenals of superpowers.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Johnson has kept the House out of session since mid-September after Republicans passed a bill to continue government funding.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
11 Nov. 2025
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For more stellar Tupperware and food storage container finds at Amazon, keep reading!—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
11 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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Four inmates had died, all of whom had been incarcerated at Blackwater River Correctional Facility, a compound near Pensacola run under contract by the Geo Group.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Arlene adopted Aileen in 1991 Arlene and her husband, Robert, adopted Aileen in 1991, after she was arrested and incarcerated.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 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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The short is inspired by the true story of Sasha Skochilenko, a Russian artist and musician who was arrested and imprisoned for seven years for replacing four price tags with anti-war messages.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 2025
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Hitler was arrested within days, tried and imprisoned for treason.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Gosnell has been jailed in September, while Broward County jail records show Thorpe was locked up on Sunday.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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In the aftermath of her refusal, Davis was jailed for acting in contempt of court and lost her clerk re-election.—
NPR,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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The jury in the civil trial found that the man who restrained McGaff shared 40% of the responsibility.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Initially, fears about the company’s debt load restrained its stock’s performance.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Impound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impound. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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