impounding

/verb im-pound; noun im-pound/US // verb ɪmˈpaʊnd; noun ˈɪm paʊnd //UK // (ɪmˈpaʊnd) //

扣押,扣留,扣押的,扣押物品

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
- : to confine within an enclosure or within limits: water impounded in a reservoir.
- : to seize and retain in custody of the law, as a document for evidence.

n.名词 noun

1
- : money, property, etc., that has been impounded: a sale of impounds by the police department.

verbconfine

Forms: impounded

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His car, which he rented through Lyft’s Express Drive program, was towed to an impound lot.
It is in this connection that reservoirs for impounding flood waters would be of great value.
He felt a sense of relief, however, that the authorities had acted so promptly in impounding Lyne's books.
Then arrangements must be made for impounding, and perhaps suitable dams and waterworks will be built for this purpose.
The impounding laws gradually cut off another occasion of mischief.
It was only by strenuous measures that the dam impounding the waters of Tuxedo Lake was saved.