impound

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊnd

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Verb

impound (third-person singular simple present impounds, present participle impounding, simple past and past participle impounded)

1. (transitive) To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.

   His car got impounded after he'd parked illegally.

2. (transitive, law) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.

   to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping.

3. (transitive, law, banking) To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest.

Translations

to shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound

• Russian: запирать (ru) (zapirátʹ) n, заточать (ru) (zatočátʹ) n

to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate

• Dutch: confisqueren (nl), in beslag nemen (nl)
• Finnish: takavarikoida (fi)
• French: confisquer (fr)

• German: beschlagnahmen (de), konfiszieren (de)
• Italian: requisire (it), sequestrare (it)
• Russian: конфисковать (ru) (konfiskovátʹ)
• Spanish: confiscar (es)

Noun

impound (plural impounds)

1. A place in which things are impounded.
   • {{quote-book|title=Dog Eat Dog| page=36| books.google.com/books?isbn=0312168187| author=Edward Bunker| year=1997| passage="You're gonna drive me to the impound so I can get my car?"
2. A state of being impounded.
   • 2010, Neal Locke, No Plan, page 161:

     I already checked that out, and Keller has never called to get it out of impound.

3. That which has been impounded.
   • 2002, James E. Wollrab, Malfeasance, page 190:

     He handed the keys to the woman and pointed toward the corner of the lot where the impounds were stored.

4. (law, banking) Amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance.

See also

• escrow