impound Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
    attach; sequester; seize; confiscate.
    • The FBI seized the drugs
    • The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
    • The police confiscated the stolen artwork
  2. verb place or shut up in a pound
    pound.
    • pound the cows so they don't stray

WordNet

Im*pound" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Impounded; present participle & verbal noun Impounding
Definitions
  1. To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping.
    But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. Shak.

Webster 1913