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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 lawplay

  Familiarity information: IMPOUNDING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IMPOUNDING (noun)


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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