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Meaning of word impound from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.

Example : The FBI seized the drugs.
The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment.
The police confiscated the stolen artwork.

Synonyms : attach, confiscate, seize, sequester

Meaning : Place or shut up in a pound.

Example : Pound the cows so they don't stray.

Synonyms : pound

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Give, sell, or transfer to another.

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Of or concerning the theory of pragmatism.

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The amount a salary is increased.

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In a productive way.

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Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

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Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

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Destroy completely.