as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined
after his impoundment in the garage all weekend, the family dog was ready to frolic
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Recent Examples of impoundment
If there is a CR (continuing resolution), impoundment is likely going to get on the table as a mechanism to get to the PBR.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
The purpose of the meeting was to brief the staffers on the center’s latest policy fight — an attempt to build the case for the use of impoundment.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Under the law, the move was known as an impoundment.
—Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
The costs of impoundment and any outstanding fines must be paid before getting the vehicle back.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
The purpose of the meeting was to brief the staffers on the center’s latest policy fight — an attempt to build the case for the use of impoundment.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Under the law, the move was known as an impoundment.
—Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
The costs of impoundment and any outstanding fines must be paid before getting the vehicle back.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impoundment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impoundment
Noun
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Neukgu, born in captivity in 2024, is part of a breeding program to bring up the numbers of the Korean wolf, which is considered extinct in the wild.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Kids — and even adults — plied me with questions about what happened during those three long days of captivity.—
Midsi Sanchez,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Season 5 begins with Hughie, Frenchie (Tomer Capone) and Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso) imprisoned in one of Vought’s internment camps, with Homelander set to execute them.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
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Some like Sarkar equated a detention center in Dublin to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II or to the Jewish concentration camps of Nazi Germany.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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More than 700 defendants completed their sentences or did not receive sentences of incarceration.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Tracie Bernardi Guzman, founder of Reentry Solutions CT, an organization that supports individuals returning from incarceration, said relationships and mentorship are important from the first day girls enter the system.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2026
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There are countless cases in which federal courts found harsh and inadequate conditions of imprisonment that violate the Constitution.—
Erwin Chemerinsky,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Tarrio was notably sentenced to the longest term of imprisonment among all of the nearly 1,600 individuals charged in connection with the attack.—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Investigations following a Russian drone strike in 2025 indicate that the NSC’s specialized confinement functions are now compromised.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Apr. 2026
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Two years later, at age 19, Holmes and Alexander pleaded no contest to second-degree murder, receiving terms of confinement that can go no later than their 25th birthdays, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Impoundment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impoundment. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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