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   Impound (), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impounding.] To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of some authority such as police or a court; as, “to impound stray cattle; to impound an illegally parked car; to impound a document for safe keeping.”
   
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   But taken and impounded as a stray,
   
   The king of Scots. Shak.
   
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