impound
pronunciation
How to pronounce impound in British English:
UK [ɪmˈpaʊnd]
How to pronounce impound in American English:
US [ɪmˈpaʊnd]
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- Verb:
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- place or shut up in a pound
Word Origin
- impound (v.)
- early 15c., "to shut up in a pen or pound," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + pound (n.). Originally of cattle seized by law. Related: Impounded; impounding.
Example
- 1. And while you 're at it , impound those bikes .
- 2. At the federal impound lot downtown .
- 3. " If you leave your car beside the town hall , the police will impound it "
- 4. In april the first iraqi airways flight from baghdad to london for 20 years ended in farce as lawyers acting for kuwait tried to impound the aircraft on arrival .
- 5. The morals police have returned to the streets , where they impound the cars of cruising lotharios and any young woman who shows her curves too candidly .