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 In total, police said four people were cited and three vehicles were impounded. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 29 June 2026 The Tesla in which she was discovered had been impounded in a Los Angeles tow yard. — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 17 June 2026 Under the law, vehicles with foreign license plates may otherwise be impounded by police. — Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026 After learning that Casey's car had been impounded, George went to retrieve the vehicle, and discovered a strong smell coming from the trunk. — Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026 Police also impounded the e-motorcycle. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 In all, officers impounded 77 dirt bikes and ATVs that, collectively, were valued at $200,000 or more, Beere said. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 8 May 2026 The e-motorcycle had been impounded previously after the boy received a citation in December 2024, prosecutors said. — Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 8 May 2026 According to the Folsom Police Department, officers impounded the e-moto because its rider — a juvenile — was the subject of an ongoing investigation into the June 23 vandalism of a car windshield at Palladio. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026

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Officers kept some witnesses at the scene for questioning and blocked off streets in the area.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2026
Ray settled in and kept the Rockies at bay before turning the game over to the bullpen.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026

Definition of kept

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The financial-support trend isn’t confined to the youngest adults.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 9 July 2026
As satellite arrays became larger and more efficient, and electronics more sophisticated, orbital nuclear power systems were largely confined to exploration missions to the outer Solar System by the 1990s.

— David Szondy July 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026

Definition of confined

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One of our young people in Tulsa, Oklahoma, interned at a company in their risk management department.

— Byron V. Garrett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Truell, a New York City native, interned at Google, while Sanger, a member of MIT’s squash team, interned at Bridgewater Associates.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 June 2026

Definition of interned

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The new restriction builds on an earlier Missouri law enacted in 2023 that prohibited the Department of Corrections from providing gender-transition surgeries to incarcerated people.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
A lot of people that came here that were committing crimes have either been incarcerated or deported.

— Lauren Peller, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of incarcerated

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Rebin Rahmani, a Kurdish activist once imprisoned in Iran and now living in Paris, said the theocracy under Khamenei lacked any answer to multiplying political and economic problems — except further repression.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Jackson said that made his relationship to his country more complicated, especially after he was convicted on drug and weapons charges as a 21-year-old and imprisoned for over a year.

— Susan Bence, NPR, 4 July 2026

Definition of imprisoned

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Kavanaugh could have limited his separate opinion to asserting that Trump’s order couldn’t override a federal law, which was all that was needed to decide the case.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 3 July 2026
This could include, but is not limited to, major vermin contamination.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of limited

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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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