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Noun: garnishee  ,gaa(r)-ni'shee
  1. A wage earner who is served with a garnishment
Verb: garnishee  ,gaa(r)-ni'shee
  1. Take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
    "His employer garnisheed his wages in order to pay his debt";
    - garnish

Derived forms: garnisheeing, garnisheed, garnishees

Type of: attach, confiscate, earner, impound, seize, sequester, sequestrate, wage earner

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