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Distrain

To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict.

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Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Confiscate 76% connected

Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Impose 76% connected

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Impound 76% connected

To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Levy 76% connected

A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reclaim 76% connected

To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Repossess 76% connected

To possess again; as, to repossess the land.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Seize 76% connected

To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sequester 76% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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