impound C2+ Topic:Law & Government US /ɪmˈpaʊnd/ UK /ɪmˈpaʊnd/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to seize and hold in legal custody, or to confine in a pound The police impounded the abandoned car the very next morning. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to seize and hold in legal... confiscateseizeappropriatecommandeerconfinedetainsequester ↔ Opposites releasefreereturn Word family Derived forms impoundmentimpounderimpoundable Related forms pound Etymology AI details From in- ('in') + pound ('an enclosure for animals'), the noun from Old English pund ('enclosure'). The verb originally meant to shut up in a pound. pund Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # impound **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ɪmˈpaʊnd/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪmˈpaʊnd/ ## Meanings 1. to seize and hold in legal custody, or to confine in a pound ## Examples - The police impounded the abandoned car the very next morning. ## Synonyms - confiscate - seize - appropriate - commandeer - confine - detain - sequester ## Antonyms - release - free - return ## Derived Forms - impoundment - impounder - impoundable ## Related Forms - pound ## Roots and Affixes - Root: pund ## Etymology From in- ('in') + pound ('an enclosure for animals'), the noun from Old English pund ('enclosure'). The verb originally meant to shut up in a pound. ## AI Etymology Impound comes from in- ('in') + pound ('an enclosure for animals'), the noun from Old English pund ('enclosure'). The verb originally meant to shut up in a pound. The etymological trail includes Old English pund. As a verb, impound means to seize and hold in legal custody, or to confine in a pound. The same family is visible in derived forms such as impoundment, impounder, and impoundable and related forms such as pound. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure. ## Topics - Law & Government markdown