(transitive, law) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.
Used in a Sentence
impounded
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for impounded.
Editorial note
There are lots of good reasons why cops should be allowed to search an impounded vehicle.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(transitive, law) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of impounded gathered in one view.
(transitive) To hold back.
(transitive) To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for impounded.
verb
(transitive, law) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.
verb
(transitive) To hold back.
verb
(transitive) To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.
verb
(transitive, law, banking) To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest.
Example sentences
There are lots of good reasons why cops should be allowed to search an impounded vehicle.
What should not be fine is searching the car once it has been impounded, since the 4th amendment should apply here.
My car was stolen, found by the police, and impounded at a tow yard.
Knee-jerk reaction: drivers like that should have their cars impounded and their legs broken.
I had a bike impounded twice for parking it in a wrong place around the Zuid station.
No amount of VC is going to remove a government's ability to regulate transportation (Montreal, Canada impounded 40 Uber drivers' vehicles the other day [2]).
CHP officer accused me of lying to him (I wasn't) and immediately impounded my car.
In a vehicle protest you forfeit anonymity (lincense plates), ability to split since road-blocks can easily stop you, and most importantly your vehicle might be impounded.
Your car's impounded and you're jailed for sixty days.
Uber completely ignored Philadelphia's telling them that launching uberX there is illegal, then let their own drivers get their personal vehicles impounded in a game of chicken.
In some places carrying huge amounts of cash is more than enough to get the cash temporarily impounded pending investigation, even with no other immediate suspicious circumstances.
Well, I don't know who had them, but Sydsvenskan (Swedish newspaper) published the list of impounded goods, and there were 6 pipeboms on there.
Quote examples
They make it sound like the poor "undocumented immigrants" are being unfairly punished by having their cars impounded.
"During the 2013 fiscal year, the Taxi and Limousine Commission impounded more than six hundred illegal vans, two hundred and forty of them in Brooklyn." Imagine the uproar on HN if this were to happen to, say, Uber drivers...
I have never heard or experienced anyone's bike being impounded for chaining it up to a pole or post that is not officially "a designated area to chain your bike." > In that kind of relationship it is longevity that counts - so the older, the better.
He promptly arrested me for "driving while ability impaired"; impounded my car, nicked my license, I spent the night in jail, was humiliated, I still can't go back to Canada; I had been detained for 3 hours by the time I was given a 'sobriety' test; I was literally in the police station by then..
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use impounded in a sentence?
There are lots of good reasons why cops should be allowed to search an impounded vehicle.
What does impounded mean?
(transitive, law) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.
What part of speech is impounded?
impounded is commonly used as verb.