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distraint

dist·raint

uncommon

noun

1.

the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

  • “Originally distress was a landloard”
  • “s lien”
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Origin

From distrain, on the model of such pairs as constrain, constraint and restrain, restraint.

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