Definition of "impound" []

• To confine in or as if in a pound: capture and impound stray dogs. (verb-transitive)
• To seize and retain in legal custody: impounding disputed electoral ballots. (verb-transitive)
• To set aside in a fund rather than spend as prescribed: a governor who impounded monies designated for use by cities. (verb-transitive)
• To accumulate and store in a reservoir: By damming the stream, the engineers impounded its waters for irrigation. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "It's very hard to claim a vehicle from death row, and the duty officer at the impound is a close friend of mine."
• "Obviously, this depleted my escrow account also known as impound by about $1,800, which is the portion my neighbor Bill rightfully owes."
• "The first Crappie Derby was held in 1974 on the famed flood control impound, which is a dammed section of the Otselic River, drawing 190 participants."