transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪmpaʊnd ]
( impounds, impounding, impounded)
If something is impounded by policemen, customs officers or other officials, they officially take possession of it because a law or rule has been broken.
The ship was impounded under the terms of the UN trade embargo...
The police moved in, arrested him and impounded the cocaine.
= confiscate
VERB : be V-ed , V n