impound
verb (used with object)
to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
had impounded
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past perfectof impound.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A report prepared by health officials in Kassanda and seen by The New York Times noted that survivors of Ebola complained that the police had impounded their possessions and demanded bribes to release them.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
The latest plane seizure comes 10 days after it emerged that the UK had impounded a private jet linked to a billionaire Russian oligarch.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2022
Several media outlets reported Wednesday that German authorities had impounded Dilbar.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2022
On Thursday, the 95-year-old newspaper said it would only publish digital content as the authorities had impounded its ink and paper, forcing it to stop printing a paper edition.
From Reuters ● Aug. 13, 2021
Mr. Hoopdriver's hand fluttered instinctively to his lappel, and there, planted by habit, were a couple of stray pins he had impounded.
From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
