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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impound \Im*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impounded}; p. pr & vb n. {Impounding}.] To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence to hold in the custody of a court; as to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping. But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impounding n : placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law [syn: {impoundment}, {internment}, {poundage}]
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