7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
verb take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
verb place or shut up in a pound
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English pound English impound From im- + pound.
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