impound
verb (used with object)
to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
impounds
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present tense formof impound (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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If a towing company impounds the vehicle of a servicemember, they are required to first obtain a court order before any sale of the car.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
“Despite the hundreds of impounds and citations and arrests, we still see the proliferation of this.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2022
Servicing companies collect monthly payments, pay money for real estate taxes and insurance from escrow impounds that they collect, and issue a release of lien or mortgage upon the complete payoff of the loan.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2022
Most of these impounds were “peak-hour tows,” in which parking officers OK an impound and tow trucks swoop in to clear the road lanes of parked cars at rush hour.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2022
We next reached Cuyamaca and visited the dam of that name, which impounds the winter rains for the San Diego Flume Company.
From Out of Doors—California and Oregon by Graves, J. A.
