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 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.
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Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impoundment
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Ukrainian officials said 150 Ukrainian servicemen and seven civilians returned from Russian captivity.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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This most recent spate of films leaves genre theatrics behind and instead uses the power dynamics of captivity as a jumping-off point for other conversations.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2026
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Lillian Greenhut's late husband, Kurt Greenhut, was a child Holocaust survivor who endured internment in a concentration camp.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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People living in Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona were forced to leave their homes and property and were sent to 10 internment camps in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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His lawyers also stressed the difficult conditions behind bars for Stanley since his incarceration for this crime.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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But in the invisibly sculpting hands of Swiss director Petra Volpe and the exquisite performances of two first-rate actors, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan, Frank & Louis is an uncommonly tender incarceration drama.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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He is charged with grand larceny, kidnapping, unauthorized use of a vehicle and unlawful imprisonment, cops said.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Bukele brought murder rates in El Salvador to historic lows through a gargantuan imprisonment campaign and police crackdown, but faces numerous allegations of human rights violations, especially regarding his notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).—
Djenane Villanueva,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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Detainers are federal requests to local law enforcement to detain individuals for up to 48 hours after they're set to be released from criminal confinement — which gives ICE time to decide whether to take them into custody to begin deportation proceedings.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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As a result of the parents' confinement, the family dog also only goes outside in a limited capacity.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Impoundment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impoundment. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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