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1. Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
   - impoundment, internment, poundage

1. Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
   "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"
   - attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
    
2. Place or shut up in a pound
   - pound

Type of: confine, hold, restrain, seizure, take

Encyclopedia: Impound