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Impound vs Confiscated - What's the difference?

impound | confiscated |

As verbs the difference between impound and confiscated

is that impound is to shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound while confiscated is past tense of confiscate.

As a noun impound

is a place in which things are impounded.

impound

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.
    • His car got impounded after he'd parked illegally.
  • To hold back, as water by a dam.
  • (legal) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.
    • to impound''' stray cattle; to '''impound a document for safe keeping.
  • (transitive, legal, banking) To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place in which things are impounded.
  • *
  • A state of being impounded.
  • *
  • That which has been impounded.
  • *
  • (legal, banking) Amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance.

    • See also

    * escrow

    confiscated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (confiscate)

    • confiscate

    English

    Verb

    (confiscat)
  • To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
    • In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.

    Synonyms

    * (take possession of)

    See also

    * confiscation

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit
  • * Shakespeare
    • Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate .
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.
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