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
Utility owners historically have buried the ash in impoundments or ponds.
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Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 17 Feb. 2026
No fines are specified, but the ordinance gives the city the authority to recover the costs associated with the impoundment and storage of e-bikes.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
If there is a CR (continuing resolution), impoundment is likely going to get on the table as a mechanism to get to the PBR.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
The impoundment triggered congressional investigations and, ultimately, Trump’s first impeachment.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
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Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 17 Feb. 2026
No fines are specified, but the ordinance gives the city the authority to recover the costs associated with the impoundment and storage of e-bikes.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
If there is a CR (continuing resolution), impoundment is likely going to get on the table as a mechanism to get to the PBR.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
The impoundment triggered congressional investigations and, ultimately, Trump’s first impeachment.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impoundment
Noun
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Ukraine is consistently working to bring its people home from Russian captivity.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
8 May 2026
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After being rescued from a Taiwanese fish market several years ago, Yushan is the only whale shark in captivity in the Western Hemisphere, according to aquarium officials.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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Among the most painful letters are those between Scheidt’s father and his brother, who would also spend time in internment camps.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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The few works in the show depicting Stojka’s experiences before and after internment capture the particularity of Romani life.—
Ben Davis,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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While the median home price in the Baltimore area is around $360,000, the median asset wealth for a Black family in the city unaffected by incarceration is approximately $2,700.—
Izabela Engel,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Apr. 2026
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Another challenge came in the form of how to describe three and a half years, beginning in March 1942, that Mirikitani spent at the Tule Lake incarceration camp in Northern California, alongside thousands of other Japanese American citizens.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The fallout for Murdock, as seen in the episode, is his arrest and imprisonment.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Her current imprisonment began in December, when she was arrested in the northeastern city of Mashhad.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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His attorneys didn’t object to his new confinement status.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2026
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He was acquitted of two counts of criminal confinement.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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“Impoundment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impoundment. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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