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IMPOUNDING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does impounding mean?
• IMPOUNDING (noun)
The noun IMPOUNDING has 1 sense:
1. placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
Familiarity information: IMPOUNDING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
impounding; impoundment; internment; poundage
Hypernyms ("impounding" is a kind of...):
seizure (the taking possession of something by legal process)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "impounding"):
drug bust; drugs bust (seizure of illegal drugs by the police)
Derivation:
impound (take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority)
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