impoundverb [ T ]
uk/ɪmˈpaʊnd/us/ɪmˈpaʊnd/If the police impound something that belongs to you, they take it away because you have broken the law:
The police impounded cars and other personal property belonging to the drug dealers.
The vehicle was impounded by customs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- confiscate
- cream sth/sb off
- de-
- debug
- denude
- drain
- infringe on/upon sth
- knock
- knock sth out of sb
- nab
- off with sth idiom
- relieve
- shelf
- suck
- suck sb/sth dry idiom
- sweep
- take sth out
- tow
- tow-away
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