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单词 impound
释义
impound
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To impound something is to legally take it away from its owner. The police might impound your car if you were parked in front of a fire hydrant.
Sometimes a city will impound a driver's car after they've accumulated many unpaid parking tickets. Another reason to impound someone's vehicle is because they haven't been making their loan payments — in a case like this, the bank that holds the loan might impound the car. A second meaning of impound is to shut an animal inside an enclosure or pound.
WORD FAMILY
impound: impounded, impounding, impoundment, impounds+/impounding: impoundings/impoundment: impoundments
USAGE EXAMPLES
Police say an employee at Baltimore City’s Impound Lot discovered an unidentified man’s body Tuesday morning inside the 2001 Chevy Astro van.
Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016)
The Vintage Air Rally planes crossed "illegally" into Ethiopian from Sudan, officials say, and are currently impounded at an airport in Gambela.
BBC(Nov 24, 2016)
With the shooter’s gun impounded as evidence, local gun shop owner Mark Williams says he reached out to offer the man a replacement firearm.
Seattle Times(Nov 17, 2016)
1v take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
attach, confiscate, seize, sequester
sequester
requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
condemn
appropriate (property) for public use
garnish, garnishee
take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
distrain
confiscate by distress
take
take into one's possession
2v place or shut up in a pound
Syn|Hyper
pound
pound, pound up
shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
confine, hold, restrain
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
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