impounding

Plural: impoundings

Noun

• placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
• An act of impoundment.

Verb

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
• place or shut up in a pound
• present participle and gerund of impound

Synonyms

attach, confiscate, impound, impoundment, internment, pound, poundage, seize, sequester