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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
impound/ɪmˈpaʊnd/

▶verb

1 seize and take legal custody of.

2 shut up (domestic animals) in a pound.

3 (of a dam) hold back (water).

– derivatives
impoundable adjective,
impounder noun,
impoundment noun.

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