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to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave
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Recent Examples of impounded
Authorities said her car was impounded for a safety check.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
Finally, an officer can search a vehicle if the driver is being arrested and if the vehicle is being impounded.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 2 Feb. 2026
Both vehicles involved in the fatal crash have been impounded, and an investigation is underway.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
Vehicles would be impounded and owners would have to pay a $50,000 fee.
—Ari Fife, The Frontier, 31 Jan. 2026
One man is facing charges, and nearly a dozen ATVs have been impounded after Dallas police responded to multiple scenes involving street racing and reckless driving in the winter weather.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Police said the ATVs did not have license plates, and seven were impounded.
—Chase Rogers, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
The cars weren't impounded but were moved to areas off the emergency routes, Lair said in a text to The Enquirer.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2026
Trump has attempted to unilaterally rename the Defense Department and the Kennedy Center, despite straightforward laws requiring acts of Congress to do so, and has impounded funds appropriated by Congress for child care and family assistance allocated to Democratic states.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
Finally, an officer can search a vehicle if the driver is being arrested and if the vehicle is being impounded.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 2 Feb. 2026
Both vehicles involved in the fatal crash have been impounded, and an investigation is underway.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
Vehicles would be impounded and owners would have to pay a $50,000 fee.
—Ari Fife, The Frontier, 31 Jan. 2026
One man is facing charges, and nearly a dozen ATVs have been impounded after Dallas police responded to multiple scenes involving street racing and reckless driving in the winter weather.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Police said the ATVs did not have license plates, and seven were impounded.
—Chase Rogers, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
The cars weren't impounded but were moved to areas off the emergency routes, Lair said in a text to The Enquirer.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2026
Trump has attempted to unilaterally rename the Defense Department and the Kennedy Center, despite straightforward laws requiring acts of Congress to do so, and has impounded funds appropriated by Congress for child care and family assistance allocated to Democratic states.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impounded
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Pape Matar Sarr and Xavi Simons picked up the ball in dangerous areas, Dominic Solanke dragged Harry Maguire out of position, and Destiny Udogie kept flashing crosses into the box.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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The Chinese coffee company continued to operate many of its stores — and kept its name and logo.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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Phones, Tablets, and Connected Devices AI isn’t confined to televisions.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, those vibrations confined to the molecular plane were far less affected.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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One of them was Jon Ossoff, a millennial who had once interned for Congressman John Lewis.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
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But during the summer between high school and her freshman year at the California Institute of Technology, Ma interned at Livermore, sitting in front of a computer for eight hours a day in a fruitless search for new planets somewhere between Saturn and Uranus.—
Frances Stead Sellers,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2026
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The new Home of the Angels is expected to open late next year and will provide substance abuse and mental health treatment for the formerly incarcerated and gang-involved.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Immersion Fellowship for their work with women incarcerated in county jails.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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Mohammadi suffered multiple heart attacks while imprisoned before undergoing emergency surgery in 2022, her supporters say.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Bankman-Fried was later imprisoned for fraud, and Anthropic’s leadership began to pretend that effective altruism did not exist.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Historically, bond was often granted to those without criminal convictions who were not flight risks, and mandatory detention was limited to recent border crossers.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Water is limited along most portions of the trail, and resupply points are relatively spread out.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
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The technique is banned by statute in at least one state and prohibited or restricted to low-speeds by some police agencies.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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By 1982, the species had been restricted to a single population of just 35 individuals at Epping Forest National Park in Queensland.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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The rapper, who pleaded not guilty to all charges, has been held at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center since he was arrested in September 2024.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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That means every state budget could be held hostage until the whims of a small fraction of legislators is satisfied.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Impounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impounded. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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