IMPOUNDED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

impounded

verb

past tense of impound

as in kept

to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave impound stray animals

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Recent Examples of impounded Violators can be cited, have their golf cart impounded, and be forced to pay a fine. — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Parents received warnings on those occasions, and their son’s e-motorcycles have been impounded twice, prosecutors said. — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Documents in the case were ordered impounded Friday, WFXT told CNN. — Alex Stambaugh, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026 Deputies impounded four vehicles that brought victims to the hospital and three that were left at the park. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 If an underage driver is caught with alcohol and the owner of the vehicle isn’t old enough to legally drink, the car can be impounded at the owners expense for no more than 30 days for each violation. — Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Ehmen was arrested and put in jail, and his three dogs were impounded. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2026 Riders who don’t meet these legal requirements can be cited and have their vehicle impounded at a fee that exceeds $2,600 a month. — Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2026 Three people were arrested, and 10 vehicles were impounded during that operation, according to Suffolk County Police. — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026

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Tariffs have kept much of that cost advantage from reaching American showrooms.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Both a state court and Alaska's Supreme Court disagreed and kept the second Sullivan on the ballot.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of kept

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Why are boys diagnosed around three to four times as often as girls, when the genes associated with autism aren’t confined to either group?

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026
Born with spina bifida and confined to a wheelchair after his father was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam, Turek is a four-time Paralympian and two-time gold medalist in wheelchair basketball.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of confined

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Meanwhile, more than 2,000 Jews from Radun and neighboring villages were interned in a ghetto; most were killed by the Germans and local police.

— Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
Thai has interned at The Boston Globe, the Des Moines Register and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and her reporting has been published in dozens of newspapers across the country.

— Talia Buford, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of interned

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Already imprisoned for murdering a woman in Washington state, he was charged in 2008 with the three teenagers’ slayings.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Turk claims that Isbilen authorized the payment in hopes that Mountbatten-Windsor might be able to use his connections to help her husband, who has been imprisoned in Turkey since 2015.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of imprisoned

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Red-teaming is a vital part of model safety testing, but it’s also limited by researchers’ time.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
After a 127-125 overtime loss at Cleveland on Monday, a fresh exam for Edwards indicated the need for the procedure after the wear-and-tear injury limited him to a career-low 61 regular-season games in 2025-26.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of limited

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Experts say their main concern is a possibility that some civil rights of commoner husbands and their children could be restricted as with the royals.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
On Wednesday, a federal judge restricted Homeland Security agents from carrying out sweeping field operations aimed at rooting out voter fraud in nine states, including California.

— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of restricted

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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
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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