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 Additionally, authorities impounded seven vehicles for 30 days, issued 74 citations to people at the takeovers and cited 22 vehicles for offenses requiring an inspection by a state referee, the LASD release said. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 4 Nov. 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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Verb

These laws have kept the deer population under control over the last decade.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
The city’s redevelopment agency kept the land on which the park sat until 2019, when it was forced to sell after the state abolished redevelopment agencies, and the city was not in a financial position to outbid Cedar Fair for the land.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of kept

Verb

When Costa Rican authorities arrived, Van Dyke and Arroyo appeared to have been confined in a single room by two armed male assailants, SURFER reported.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026
Initial damage from the Hillsdale Lake tornado was confined to the campground and park headquarters.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of confined

Verb

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

Verb

Former Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip, who spent nearly 30 years incarcerated and was on the brink of execution three times for a 1997 murder, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, his attorney said Thursday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2026
Former Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip, who spent nearly 30 years incarcerated and was on the brink of execution three times for a 1997 killing, pleaded guilty to a lesser accessory charge, his attorney said Thursday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2026

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Stacy Keach, an American stage actor who became best known for playing scruffy private eye Mike Hammer on TV and whose career was nearly derailed after he was imprisoned in 1984 for trying to smuggle cocaine into Britain, died Tuesday.

— MARK KENNEDY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
The ghostly glimpse of an alternate future for the Cratchit family, imprisoned and desolate, feels truer to Dickens than the glib sentimentality of Tiny Tim’s empty place at the family hearth.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of imprisoned

Verb

The defense limited Central’s offense by focusing on four-star phenom quarterback Isaiah Taylor, who threw for 231 yards and a TD while taking some hard hits from a physical Aledo defensive line.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2026
And the chaos caused by the ground stop wasn’t limited only to travelers.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2026

Definition of limited

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Texas lawmakers have also restricted Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives in public schools, as well as colleges and universities while under Republican leadership.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2026
During the first 12 weeks, those in the intervention group followed a supervised diet that restricted calorie intake to 800 to 900 calories daily.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of restricted

Verb

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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