Impound in a sentence as a verb

When you impound the car, you can search it.

My car was stolen, found by the police, and impounded at a tow yard.

Police have the authority to impound your car for any moving violation.

A friend of mine got pulled over for speeding and he told me "I had to let them search my car for ***** otherwise they were going to impound it.

Always fight any request to impound any computer device.

That's exactly how I phrased it at the impound lot: "Is there any amount of money I can pay right now to just get my car out of the lot?

If your car is found full of *****, they will also impound it and inconvenience the other possibly innocent passengers.

> If you take your car to the shop and can't pay for the work to be done, they put a mechanic's lien on it, and impound the car until the work is paid for.

"If you take your car to the shop and can't pay for the work to be done, they put a mechanic's lien on it, and impound the car until the work is paid for.

These impound places seem to be run by people totally devoid of compassion who are more than happy to ruin someones life if there is money to be made doing it.

Similarly, the police cannot casually impound random cars.

To me, that's the kind of exception that proves the rule; I could tell the difference between the impound lot and, say, a building inspector because there is a difference.

As I and another person described, you'll also be dealing with an impound lot if your car is stolen and subsequently recovered by the police.

Impound definitions

verb

take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

See also: attach sequester confiscate seize

verb

place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"

See also: pound