Synonyms of impounding

impounding

verb

present participle of impound

as in confining

to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave

impound stray animals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confining
• incarcerating
• keeping
• limiting
• restricting
• imprisoning
• interning
• restraining
• jailing
• holding
• committing
• shutting
• barring
• capturing
• arresting
• constraining
• detaining
• gating
• apprehending
• catching
• locking (up)
• seizing
• jugging
• handcuffing
• immuring
• impressing
• pinching
• nabbing
• binding
• busting
• shackling
• fettering
• shanghaiing
• picking up
• enchaining
• trammeling
• manacling
• trammelling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• emancipating
• enfranchising
• discharging
• freeing
• releasing
• unchaining
• manumitting
• liberating
• unbinding
• unfettering
• uncaging