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Meanings of impounding in English

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confiscació

Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law.

        confiscació
        Usage of impounding in English
        1
        So Rupert went unpunished except by banishment and the impounding of his rents.
        Rupert of Hentzau: From The Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim / Se...
        2
        Few colonial enactments have occasioned more vexation than the impounding laws.
        The History of Tasmania, Volume I
        3
        Just don't bother impounding the vehicles because it's never going to stop rev heads.
        News.com.au
        4
        Yet he burst out at once, 'I thought you people were impounding her at Ostia!'
        Shadows in Bronze
        5
        Other offences which could also lead to impounding include: Driving on the shoulder of the road.
        The South African
        6
        EU member states can fine airlines for non-compliance or carry out other reprisals including impounding aircraft.
        Reuters
        7
        He said these have yielded positive results, including several arrests and the impounding of numerous fuel tankers.
        The South African
        8
        And we're impounding Sutton's car for clues.
        Seven Minutes in Heaven
        9
        If the airlines do not pay the fine, other theoretical EU counter-measures include impounding aircraft, IATA's Steele said.
        The Irish Times
        10
        The third was arrested for allegedly impounding a city resident's car for no apparent reason and crashing it.
        Radio NZ
        11
        Taxi bosses in the Western Cape are disgruntled because of leadership concerns and the impounding of their vehicles.
        The South African
        12
        The last thing I needed was for Murphy to go poking around in my office, maybe impounding things.
        Storm front
        13
        He felt a sense of relief, however, that the authorities had acted so promptly in impounding Lyne's books.
        The Daffodil Mystery
        14
        These so-called "Carets" are the thoughtful provision for the impounding of a season's supply of water.
        The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a Psychic Revelation
        15
        One of the pieces went tumbling and, instead of impounding it, my visitor handed it back to me.
        The black minutes
        16
        When he came to power he waged war on modernism, banning art critics and impounding "degenerate" art.
        The Guardian
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