as in to confine
to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave
impound stray animals
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Recent Examples of impound
As a result, the city has been light on enforcement, impounding only about 45 vehicles each month.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
The measure provides that dogs picked up on the loose would be impounded for four days and then destroyed or otherwise disposed of if not claimed.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
In a video recorded and posted on Facebook, Northern can be heard yelling his vehicle would not be impounded.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
The Supreme Court ruled in 1975 in Train v. City of New York that the president had no power to overrule Congress by impounding funding.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
The measure provides that dogs picked up on the loose would be impounded for four days and then destroyed or otherwise disposed of if not claimed.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
In a video recorded and posted on Facebook, Northern can be heard yelling his vehicle would not be impounded.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
The Supreme Court ruled in 1975 in Train v. City of New York that the president had no power to overrule Congress by impounding funding.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impound
Verb
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It was largely confined to migrant shelters in Chicago.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Now, kids ranging in age from 4 to 17 are confined to three classrooms and an atrium lined with portraits of the community’s Yup’ik and Athabascan elders.—
Emily Schwing,
ProPublica,
4 Mar. 2025
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One official familiar with the negotiations said the mere launch of Phase 2 talks would keep the truce intact, according to the language of the deal.—
Joseph Krauss,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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Many officers presumed that the only way to advance up the ranks, or avoid a hazing, or even keep their jobs, was to be supplicant to the brass.—
Marc J. Dunkelman,
TIME,
27 Feb. 2025
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Unlike many other professional sports leagues, MLB doesn’t have a salary cap limiting how much teams can pay players.—
Russell Leung,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2025
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La Vega was able to grab 21 offensive rebounds, but Decatur’s strong interior defense limited the damage.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Mar. 2025
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Among those believed to have been incarcerated soon after setting foot back in the country are two former members of the Venezuelan armed forces who broke with the Nicolás Maduro regime and had been attempting to obtain political asylum in the United States.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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He was denied bond and remained incarcerated until his trial began last February.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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Several states have also put environmental-justice considerations into their laws; one in New Jersey restricts certain new industrial permits in places that are already overburdened, for instance.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
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In most Swiss cantons, land ownership is restricted to residents of Switzerland only.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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He was imprisoned in Afghanistan from 2019 until just two weeks before the bombing, at which point he was recruited by an ISIS-K member to assist in the attack.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Dahmer was imprisoned at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Wisconsin after being arrested in 1991.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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His reign didn’t last long — he was jailed by Mexican authorities in February 2019.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Being jailed over an email suggests perhaps that there was a restraining order in place already.—
R. Eric Thomas,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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However, in some cases, such as capturing and restraining a wild animal to relocate it, workers use tranquilizers or sedatives to make the animal sleepy, or cover its eyes and ears to reduce fear and prevent long-lasting problems.—
Rachel Blaser,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2025
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Guards restrained them with handcuffs on their feet and hands.—
Federico Rios,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Impound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impound. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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