impound

im·pound

I0064100 (ĭm-pound′)tr.v. im·pound·ed, im·pound·ing, im·pounds 1. To confine in or as if in a pound: capture and impound stray dogs.2. To place (something) in legal custody until a dispute involving it is decided: impounding ballots in a disputed election.3. To set aside in a fund rather than spend as prescribed: a governor who impounded monies designated for use by cities.4. To accumulate and store in a reservoir: By damming the stream, the engineers impounded its waters for irrigation.n. (ĭm′pound′)1. A place where impounded property is stored, as a lot for keeping vehicles that have been towed by police order.2. The process or activity of impounding something: the impound of the uninsured car.

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im·pound′er n.

impound

(ɪmˈpaʊnd) vb (tr) 1. to confine (stray animals, illegally parked cars, etc) in a pound2. (Law) a. to seize (chattels, etc) by legal rightb. to take possession of (a document, evidence, etc) and hold in legal custody3. (Physical Geography) to collect (water) in a reservoir or dam, as for irrigation4. to seize or appropriate imˈpoundable adj imˈpoundage, imˈpoundment n imˈpounder n

im•pound

(ɪmˈpaʊnd)

v.t. 1. to shut up in or as if in a pound; confine. 2. to seize and retain in custody of the law. [1545–55] im•pound′a•ble, adj. im•pound′er, n.

impound

Past participle: impounded
Gerund: impounding

Imperative
impound
impound

Present
I impound
you impound
he/she/it impounds
we impound
you impound
they impound

Preterite
I impounded
you impounded
he/she/it impounded
we impounded
you impounded
they impounded

Present Continuous
I am impounding
you are impounding
he/she/it is impounding
we are impounding
you are impounding
they are impounding

Present Perfect
I have impounded
you have impounded
he/she/it has impounded
we have impounded
you have impounded
they have impounded

Past Continuous
I was impounding
you were impounding
he/she/it was impounding
we were impounding
you were impounding
they were impounding

Past Perfect
I had impounded
you had impounded
he/she/it had impounded
we had impounded
you had impounded
they had impounded

Future
I will impound
you will impound
he/she/it will impound
we will impound
you will impound
they will impound

Future Perfect
I will have impounded
you will have impounded
he/she/it will have impounded
we will have impounded
you will have impounded
they will have impounded

Future Continuous
I will be impounding
you will be impounding
he/she/it will be impounding
we will be impounding
you will be impounding
they will be impounding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been impounding
you have been impounding
he/she/it has been impounding
we have been impounding
you have been impounding
they have been impounding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been impounding
you will have been impounding
he/she/it will have been impounding
we will have been impounding
you will have been impounding
they will have been impounding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been impounding
you had been impounding
he/she/it had been impounding
we had been impounding
you had been impounding
they had been impounding

Conditional
I would impound
you would impound
he/she/it would impound
we would impound
you would impound
they would impound

Past Conditional
I would have impounded
you would have impounded
he/she/it would have impounded
we would have impounded
you would have impounded
they would have impounded

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	impound - 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"confiscate, sequester, seize, attachtake - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"condemn - appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway"sequester - requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"garnish, garnishee - take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt"distrain - confiscate by distress
	2.	impound - place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"poundrestrain, confine, hold - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"pound up, pound - shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"

impound

verb confiscate, appropriate, seize, commandeer, sequester, expropriate, sequestrate The police arrested him and impounded the cocaine.

Translations

confiscaresequestrare