IMPOUNDMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impoundment mean? 

• IMPOUNDMENT (noun)
  The noun IMPOUNDMENT has 1 sense:

1. placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPOUNDMENT (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 ("impoundment" 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 "impoundment"):

drug bust; drugs bust (seizure of illegal drugs by the police)

Derivation:

impound (take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority)