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DISTRAIN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Legally take something in place of a debt payment

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "distrain" is one way to...):

reclaim; repossess (claim back)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Confiscate by distress

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "distrain" is one way to...):

attach; confiscate; impound; seize; sequester (take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Levy a distress on

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "distrain" is one way to...):

impose; levy (impose and collect)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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