Definitions for impound

impound im·pound

Spelling: [verb im-pound; noun im-pound]
IPA: /verb ɪmˈpaʊnd; noun ˈɪm paʊnd/

Impound is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in impound (dimnopu).

Definitions for impound

noun

  1. money, property, etc., that has been impounded:

verb (used with object)

  1. to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
  2. to confine within an enclosure or within limits:
  3. to seize and retain in custody of the law, as a document for evidence.

Origin of impound

First recorded in 1545-55; im-3 + pound3

Examples for impound

I'm going to send for engineers and find what it will cost to impound water in the cordilleras and run ditches into the valley.

It forbids the government to impound weapons in the wake of a national emergency.

“We searched all the impound lots in the city, and there they were,” Alvarado said.

They were first opened to admit the ship, and then closed to impound the water that flows up through the bottom of the lock.

No. 5; by either of which I was fully authorized to seize and impound all trespassers—a limit and license that included dragons.

And when next ye seek to impound me, come in force, sir–come in force!

“It is an outrage that DEA is using finite taxpayer dollars to impound legal industrial hemp seeds,” he said.

Does not the Maharajah-sahib impound all horses left ownerless?

After Colonel W. left for town, he went to his wife and asked her what the Colonel meant by telling him to impound the ox.

Steal it or impound it or take it away legally, you've got to know how it runs.

Word Value for impound
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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