impounded
Taken into custody
Impounded describes something that has been seized and held by authorities.
Vehicles get impounded when illegally parked or involved in crimes; animals when found stray or dangerous.
The term extends to water held back by a dam.
My car was impounded after the DUI arrest.
The impounded dogs await their owners at the shelter.
Pulled behind another vehicle
- lotLarge amount or portion
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- retrievalAct of getting back
- feePayment for service
auction · booted · clamped · immobilized · abandoned · unclaimed · infringement · parking
Seized by authority
- repossessedSeized for nonpayment
- forfeitedLost through violation
- sequesteredRemoved from contact
- appropriatedTook for one's use
commandeered · expropriated · withheld · garnished · embargoed · encumbered · levied · nationalized
Trial venue or sports surface
- warrantFormal authorization document
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- lienClaim securing debt
judgment · jurisdiction · enforcement · violation · ordinance · citation · hearing · appeal
towed
Pulled behind another vehicle
fee · auction · booted · clamped · immobilized · abandoned · unclaimed · infringement · parking · violation
confiscated
Seized by authority
- repossessedSeized for nonpayment
- forfeitedLost through violation
- sequesteredRemoved from contact
appropriated · commandeered · expropriated · withheld · garnished · embargoed · encumbered · levied · nationalized · dispossessed
court
Trial venue or sports surface
- warrantFormal authorization document
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
lien · judgment · jurisdiction · enforcement · violation · ordinance · citation · hearing · appeal · restitution
shelter
Protected place or structure
- strayWander from course
- kennelEnclosure for hounds
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
adoption · euthanasia · microchip · owner · reclaim · fee · holding · rescue · feral · livestock
dam
Water-holding barrier
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- basinConcave water receptacle
catchment · levee · sluice · watershed · containment · pooled · collected · stored · diverted · embankment
- stuckjammed, clogged, trapped, stuck in mud, snowed in
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions
impoundedreleased
Set free from confinement
freed · liberated · at large · loose · circulating
impoundedreturned
Went back again
reclaimed · retrieved · repossessed · recovered · accessible
- impound lotHolding area for seized vehicles
- vehicle impoundOfficial car confiscation