impound

🇺🇸 /ɪmˈpaʊnd/ 🇬🇧 /ɪmˈpaʊnd/
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verb
R

When the police or an authority takes something, like a car, away from someone and keeps it in a safe place until they can use it again.

The police impounded the car because it was involved in an accident.

警察は、事故に関与していたため、車を押収しました。

R

When animals like dogs or cats are picked up from the streets and kept in a place called a pound, until their owners come to get them.

The stray dog was impounded and taken to the pound.

迷子犬が押収され、動物収容所に運ばれました。

translation

v. 押収, 収容

語形変化

3rd Present impounds
Past impounded
Perfect impounded
Progressive impounding