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verb Impound v. t. (past & past part. impounded; pres. part. impounding) To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of some authority such as police or a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound an illegally parked car; to impound a document for safe keeping. "But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots."
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