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
The bill would also allow for towing or impoundment regardless of whether the driver has a prior record of reckless driving, instead of being a repeat offender, like the current law requires.
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Again, ignoring the words of the law, the two-judge majority held that only the comptroller could sue to stop the president, not people whose lives and fortunes were destroyed by the president's impoundment decisions.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Past efforts by presidents to control federal spending through impoundment or executive orders have often been thwarted by Congress and the courts.
—A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
The name Gathright Dam pays tribute to Thomas Gathright, the man whose land the Jackson River flooded prior to the impoundment being built.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Again, ignoring the words of the law, the two-judge majority held that only the comptroller could sue to stop the president, not people whose lives and fortunes were destroyed by the president's impoundment decisions.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Past efforts by presidents to control federal spending through impoundment or executive orders have often been thwarted by Congress and the courts.
—A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
The name Gathright Dam pays tribute to Thomas Gathright, the man whose land the Jackson River flooded prior to the impoundment being built.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impoundment
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After Liat Beinin Atzili and her husband Aviv were abducted by Hamas on October 7, Liat’s father Yehuda embarks on an uncertain mission to secure his daughter’s release while resisting pressure to use her captivity to justify escalating violence in Gaza.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2026
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Sharabi told Fox News Digital about his life after captivity.—
Rachel Wolf , Ronn Blitzer,
FOXNews.com,
20 Dec. 2025
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The United States hasn't held that many people outside the criminal justice system since the internment of people of Japanese, German and Italian descent during World War II.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
14 Jan. 2026
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Through a mix of fiction and nonfiction, Questions 27 & 28 introduces us to three generations of characters who were all impacted by FDR’s internment, a novelistic investigation of a shameful American chapter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Speaker Alexa Garza, program director of the Texas Center for Higher Education in Prison, shared her own path from incarceration to academic achievement.—
Wilborn P. Nobles III,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Jan. 2026
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Crossing into your neighbor's property to cut a tree is a misdemeanor crime punishable by a year in county jail, a fine no more than $500, or both a fine and incarceration.—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
16 Jan. 2026
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Violating the law − for both the largecarnivore and wolf-dog cross acts − are misdemeanors and punishable by monetary fines and imprisonment, for instance.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Instead, after being caught at sea, refugees are taken back to Libya where, between 2017 and 2022, more than 100,000 men, women and children have been locked up, essentially for being there illegally — albeit without any official charges or trials to contest their imprisonment.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Because confinement of the plasma in a stellarator is driven solely by the external magnets, modifying the shape and strength of the fields has a major impact on performance.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Jan. 2026
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DaSilva was determined to be the primary trafficker and sentenced to a year of home confinement, and a fine of $10,000.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Impoundment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impoundment. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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