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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
impound
    v 1: 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" [syn: impound, attach, sequester,
         confiscate, seize]
    2: place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't
       stray" [syn: impound, pound]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Impound \Im*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Impounding.]
   To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to
   hold in the custody of some authority such as police or a
   court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound an illegally
   parked car; to impound a document for safe keeping.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

         But taken and impounded as a stray,
         The king of Scots.                       --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Impound:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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