Impound : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Impound	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Impound
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impound v 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" Synonym(s): impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray" Synonym(s): impound, pound
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impound \Impound"\, 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 a court; as, to impound* stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping. But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. --Shak.