Seized vs Impounded - What's the difference?
seized | impounded |
(seize)
to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture
to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)
to take possession of (by force, law etc.)
to have a sudden and powerful effect upon
(nautical) to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line
(obsolete) to fasten, fix
to lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon)
to have a seizure
* 2012 , Daniel M. Avery, Tales of a Country Obstetrician
to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up
(UK) to submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
(impound)
To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.
To hold back, as water by a dam.
(legal) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.
(transitive, legal, banking) To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest.
A place in which things are impounded.
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A state of being impounded.
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That which has been impounded.
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(legal, banking) Amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance.
As verbs the difference between seized and impounded
is that seized is (seize) while impounded is (impound).seized
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(head)seize
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(seiz)- to seize smuggled goods
- to seize a ship after libeling
- a panic seized the crowd
- a fever seized him
- to seize two fish-hooks back to back
- to seize or stop one rope on to another
- to seize on the neck of a horse
- The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year.'' (''Southey , Bunyan, p. 21)
- Nearing what she thought was a climax, he started seizing and fell off her. Later, realizing he was dead, she became alarmed and dragged the body to his vehicle to make it look like he had died in his truck.
- Rust caused the engine to seize , never to run again.
Derived terms
* be seized of, be seized with * seizable * seize the day * seize on, seize upon * seize up * seizer * seizorimpounded
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(head)impound
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(en verb)- His car got impounded after he'd parked illegally.
- to impound''' stray cattle; to '''impound a document for safe keeping.