a wage earner who is served with a garnishment • Hypernyms: earner, wage earner
II - verb
take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support - His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt • Syn: garnish • Derivationally related forms: garnishment (for: garnish) • Hypernyms: impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something