Verb (used with object) : water impounded in a reservoir.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : a sale of impounds by the police department.    From Dictionary.com. 

But after Watergate, Congress acted against the presidential practice of "impounding" -- not spending - monies Congress appropriated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Postbulletin.com Local News] Reference

I actually don't recall impounding the car at that time back in September, but we'll find out.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 15, 2008] Reference

"Purveyor of fine water-impounding devices since 5987 BC".    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom D'Antoni: Sen. Clinton's Own Religious Cult Includes Brownback, Santorum] Reference

Zondi who disputed the threatened impounding of her cattle.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

These included the release of drivers and payment of the impounding fees.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It introduces a regime of fines and penalties including the impounding of vehicles.    From Wordnik.com.  [KWAZULU-NATAL MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, MR S'BU NDEBELE DURING THE HANDING OVER OF THREE CARS FROM TOYOTA] Reference

But what we are doing is we are impounding hardware so that we can preserve evidence.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference

Provinces imposed fines varying from R1000 to R10000, coupled with impounding of vehicles.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It's merely who guards them is the issue when you're talking about impounding the ballots.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: How is the Presidential Cliffhanger Playing in Public Onion? - November 11, 2000] Reference

We are impounding data here that represented the last data that we received from the crew.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference

The LAPD has ended a temporary moratorium on impounding the vehicles of unlicensed drivers.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2007] Reference

Delta ponds result from the impounding of waters by shifting river channels and sedimentation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wetland classifications] Reference

We would need an additional 18,160 person hours of work by police officers for impounding cars.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judy Montero: The Vehicle Impound Initiative Round Two -- What You Should Know] Reference

These so-called "Carets" are the thoughtful provision for the impounding of a season's supply of water.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a psychic revelation] Reference

COOPER: And there was a legal reason for not impounding it, which we'll talk about a little bit later on.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2006] Reference

The circular spots and dots are the principal reservoirs used for impounding water for use during the long.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a psychic revelation] Reference

Additional measures being considered entailed towing away and impounding vehicles that caused obstructions.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

We've asked police what they're doing, what they may be impounding or taking away to take a closer look at.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 26, 2009] Reference

COOPER: And there was a legal reason for not impounding it, which we will talk about a little bit later on.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2006] Reference

The committee called on Mr Phosa to order an immediate end to the evictions and the impounding of livestock.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The pictures show forensic technicians entering and police impounding Lisa ` s car and her husband ` s truck.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 16, 2007] Reference

On the other hand white farmers saw impounding as the only way they could discourage poaching and trespassing.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Gen Mellet said police still paid up to R6000 rewards for information leading to the impounding of arms caches.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

In the coming years the impounding capacity will continue to grow, thus the island is getting filled with lakes.    From Wordnik.com.  [ISLE OF PINES SCHOOL INAUGURATION] Reference

In Guangzhou, city workers are impounding illegally parked motorcycles in trucks festooned with colorful banners.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Ready To Party] Reference

SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I actually don't recall them impounding the car at that time back in September.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 15, 2008] Reference

He also asked Minister Radebe to declare a national moratorium on the impounding of taxis for permit related offences.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Environmental Affairs Minister Valli Moosa has hailed the impounding of a trawler and its catch in Cape Town harbour on.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

That is not what we're there to do, is to begin accepting prisoners and impounding them in some way or making judgments.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2001] Reference

Many of the problems which caused talks between the parties to deadlock revolved around the impounding of taxis, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

GRAHAMSTOWN (ECN Thursday 31 July 1997) - Alleged public floggings, banishments, taxes and impounding of cattle have forced.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

And I ` m sure that ` s what led to both the impounding of the vehicles and the researching of the Van Der Sloot boy ` s home.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 15, 2005] Reference

This was because of continued evictions, demolitions of farm tenants 'houses and impounding of live stock by one farmer in the area.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Tuesday on 50 counts of stock theft and 50 of illegal impounding and theft relating to money allegedly stolen from Lesotho nationals.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Others will be going to the air traffic control facility and impounding the air traffic control tapes that record the communications.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Alaska Airlines Flight 261: 89 People On Board Downed Plane; Fmr. NTSB Official Discusses Investigation - February 1, 2000] Reference

Constructing dams across flowing rivers or streams and impounding the water in reservoirs is a popular way to control water resources.    From Wordnik.com.  [AP Environmental Science Chapter 9- Water] Reference

They have already begun to impound the hardware, they said, preserve the evidence, impounding the data for investigators to search over.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference