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Word: Distrain
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French destreindre, from Latin distringere ‘stretch apart’, from dis- ‘apart’ + stringere ‘tighten’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈstreɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
seize (someone's property) in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed
Short Definition:seize
Examples:- legislation has restricted the right to distrain goods found upon the premises
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