impound
verb
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpaʊnd/
Definition
Seize and take legal custody of property by an official authority.
Examples
The city will impound any vehicle left in a tow-away zone for more than two hours.
Customs officials decided to impound the shipment after discovering undeclared luxury goods inside.
The court ordered the sheriff to impound the evidence until the trial begins next month.
How to Use impound
- impound something (collocation)
- The standard transitive use of the verb. — "The police will impound your vehicle if you drive without insurance."
- be impounded by [authority] (prepositional phrase)
- The passive voice construction used to identify who took the item. — "The illegal shipment was impounded by customs officers at the border."
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