impound

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verb

1. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- The FBI seized the drugs
- The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
- The police confiscated the stolen artwork
• Syn:
attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
• Derivationally related forms:
seizure (for: seize), confiscation (for: confiscate), sequestration (for: sequester), attachment (for: attach), impoundment, impounding
• Hypernyms:
take
• Hyponyms:
condemn, garnishee, garnish, distrain
• Verb Group:
sequester
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. place or shut up in a pound
- pound the cows so they don't stray
• Syn:
pound
• Derivationally related forms:
pound (for: pound)
• Hypernyms:
restrain, confine, hold
• Verb Group:
pound, pound up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize