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to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave
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Recent Examples of impounded
After sitting untouched, the car was impounded and towed to a lot in Hollywood, where an employee alerted police to a foul smell emanating from the vehicle.
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Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Those vehicles, officials said, can be impounded as evidence as cases are built against drivers and organizers.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
New York City Councilmember Phil Wong New York City Councilmember Phil Wong said Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told him in a private meeting Tuesday two of the vehicles have been impounded.
—Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Burke's car was impounded after it was reported abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, prosecutors said.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
The car was impounded the previous week after being abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, where neighbors complained of a rotting smell.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
The car was abandoned for weeks before it was eventually impounded at Hollywood Tow, where employees reported a foul odor coming from the vehicle.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation, but not authorized to discuss the case publicly, told The Times that Burke’s vehicle was abandoned in the Hollywood Hills five days before it was impounded.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
The following month, Hungarian authorities impounded a convoy of vehicles from Ukraine’s state bank that was transiting the country.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Those vehicles, officials said, can be impounded as evidence as cases are built against drivers and organizers.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
New York City Councilmember Phil Wong New York City Councilmember Phil Wong said Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told him in a private meeting Tuesday two of the vehicles have been impounded.
—Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Burke's car was impounded after it was reported abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, prosecutors said.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
The car was impounded the previous week after being abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, where neighbors complained of a rotting smell.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
The car was abandoned for weeks before it was eventually impounded at Hollywood Tow, where employees reported a foul odor coming from the vehicle.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation, but not authorized to discuss the case publicly, told The Times that Burke’s vehicle was abandoned in the Hollywood Hills five days before it was impounded.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
The following month, Hungarian authorities impounded a convoy of vehicles from Ukraine’s state bank that was transiting the country.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impounded
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The breaks kept coming for Orlando.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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Trump kept a straight face during Obama’s speech, and at one point even waved during the president’s remarks.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Nathan learned about the fate of a great-aunt, who was confined at Theresienstadt, and her grandson, who by a circuitous, ultimately tragic path is remembered by Catholics as a martyr.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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The debate is not confined to Britain.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Among them are the New Yorker writer Emily Hahn, who was living in Hong Kong under Japanese occupation, and Donald Hasuike, a fourteen-year-old Japanese American who was interned at a camp in Colorado with family before being shipped to Japan against his will.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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University records show Hunt interned on Capitol Hill for a Democratic senator while Porter was in the House.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Apr. 2026
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The remaining two suspects, Perry Wayne Taylor, 64, and Carlos Cooper, 64, both of Covington, were already incarcerated by the Louisiana Department of Corrections on unrelated charges and made contact with detectives on April 22.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
25 Apr. 2026
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Lee was incarcerated once more.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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DFIs channeled public money into private equity funds whose managers paid themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to expand a health care regime that, in some cases, had effectively imprisoned the people who most needed help.—
Hettie O'Brien,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
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Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat who was imprisoned from 2018 to 2021, said Tuesday the agreement will lead to unfair competition and the erosion of Canada’s industrial base.—
Laura Dhillon Kane,
Bloomberg,
21 Apr. 2026
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Trump’s first term was marked—and, in the view of those closest to him, limited—by its dependence on Administration officials who were, at best, skeptical of his aims.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Joining Nixon are returners Quentin Hatch, Aymeric Koumba, Anthony Coaxum and Edwards, who is battling back from an injury that limited him to just six games last season.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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The country was once very free online, remarkable given President Vladimir Putin’s autocratic rule, but more recently access to global messaging apps has been restricted and the internet has been completely shut down at times as Moscow has sought to silence criticism.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Crime scene trucks and police activity were concentrated toward the back of the complex, while other sections remained restricted.—
Steve Maugeri,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The rapper, who pleaded not guilty to all charges, has been held at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center since he was arrested in September 2024.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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That means every state budget could be held hostage until the whims of a small fraction of legislators is satisfied.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Impounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impounded. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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