IMPOUNDMENT Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

impoundment

noun

im-ˈpau̇n(d)-mənt

Definition of impoundment

as in captivity

the act of confining or the state of being confined after his impoundment in the garage all weekend, the family dog was ready to frolic

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Recent Examples of impoundment Any scooter found parked, stored or ridden on campus is subject to fines and impoundment, with enforcement beginning in September after a month-long warning period. — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026 And Trump would be daring them to do it — he of the crypto billions, the gifted jumbo jet, the drug boat kill teams and the budget impoundment. — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 2 Sep. 2026 Initial violations can result in a $250 fine, and subsequent violations can result in a $500 fine and impoundment. — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 The name Gathright Dam pays tribute to Thomas Gathright, the man whose land the Jackson River flooded prior to the impoundment being built. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for impoundment

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Noun

But their local expertise, connections, courage, and instincts could stave off death or captivity.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Regev directly countered Piker's claims about the October 7 attacks by delivering a harrowing eyewitness account of her captivity in Gaza.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of captivity

Noun

Adding to the dark absurdity of the situation was the fact that Seghers’s husband, the Hungarian Marxist scholar László Radványi, was being held in a French internment camp, on the basis that Hungary was a German ally.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
At the exhibition’s press opening, curator Cindy Kang talked about trying to dispel the idea that internment was an isolated incident that these artists then moved on from.

— Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of internment

Noun

Those with misdemeanors can vote or if the person has an unsentenced status with no prior felony conviction unless voting rights have been restored following the release from incarceration for the felony conviction.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
The first half of Fielder and Oppenheim’s film chronicles the 34 days leading up to the incarceration of Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the blood-testing technology company Theranos.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of incarceration

Noun

According to the church, Wang's family has been permitted fewer than five visits during nearly eight years of imprisonment.

— Mitch Picasso, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
For some, the potential release of thousands of prisoners doesn’t go far enough to repair the damage of their prolonged imprisonment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of imprisonment

Noun

As such, it could be easily exported to describe Jewish quarters elsewhere—and eventually adapted to describe sites of confinement or exclusion the world over.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
In the 1925 novel, the appearance of fledglings symbolizes freedom, confinement and even spiritual rebirth, themes that follow lead characters Clarissa and Sally (whom Edebiri portrays) as the story unfolds.

— Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

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