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• n  placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
• v  take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
• v  place or shut up in a pound

• To rein in the bacchanalia, local police have begun raiding unlicensed wedding parties and impounding gifts as evidence.
• As such, he is the man the Senate is counting on to lead its struggle against what is increasingly seen as presidential encroachment on congressional powers, including impounding .
• Then prosecutors raided the premises impounding two truckloads of evidence.

• impoundment
• internment
• poundage
• impound
• attach
• sequester
• confiscate
• seize
• pound

News & Articles

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• Chief: Impound uninsured autos
  Wichita Falls Police Chief Manuel Borrego proposed to Wichita Falls city councilors the practice of impounding the vehicles of motorists who drive without insurance. The proposal came in pre-budget meetings Tuesday.
  July 3, 2013 - Wichita Falls Times Record News
• Chief: Impound uninsured autos [JUMP]1,000 citations written this year
  Wichita Falls Police Chief Manuel Borrego proposed to Wichita Falls city councilors the practice of impounding the vehicles of motorists who drive without insurance. The proposal came in pre-budget meetings Tuesday.
  July 3, 2013 - Wichita Falls Times Record News

Quotes

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• Loren Legarda in Manila Times
  No plate on the helmet should carry with it stiffer penalties - like impounding the motorcycle and the appropriate fines and charges because there is a deliberate attempt by the felon to conceal his identity and avoid positive identification by the... Bayani Fernando http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayani_Fernando&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGthNyMR-JiKJr1mPY2kG_ZZyclkg ABS CBN News http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx%3FStoryId%3D82193&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFmIUw7C6XqZKsPU7Qw8GyDhJgoxQ Jun 24, 2007 50184 67833 impounding These funds can be tapped to enable rice farmers to achieve greater productivity via exceptionally potent seeds, greatly improved irrigation, or with adequate water-impounding structures and other drought-mitigating measures," Legarda said.
• John Yarmuth in USA Today
  Angara, Cua and members of their panel, together with a majority of senators and congressmen, have no quarrel with the President. She has been releasing their pork barrel funds. There is no reason for them to prohibit her from impounding... Benigno Aquino III http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benigno_Aquino_III&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNG4ZLTN4hTux1ZXVoGFtMwFerIKsg Philippine Star http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx%3FarticleId%3D538462%26publicationSubCategoryId%3D63&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHV3VAef8ZjpK7JQYPSvmZ9K7QVGg Jan 5, 2010 50186 67834 impoundment The public has a right to know if a coal-ash waste impoundment is located in their neighborhood," Yarmuth said Monday. "I am glad the EPA did the right thing by releasing this list so that federal officials can more easily work together with...