distrain

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɹeɪn/
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• General-American: /di-ˈstrān/
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• rhymes with -eɪn
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From Middle English distreynen, from Old French destraindre, from Latin distringō (“to pull asunder”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō (“to draw tight, strain”).

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Polish: anektować — To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property
• Polish: zaanektować — To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property
• Bulgarian: налагам запор (nalagam zapor) — To seize somebody's property in place of payment of a debt
• German: pfänden — To seize somebody's property in place of payment of a debt
• Hungarian: lefoglal — To seize somebody's property in place of payment of a debt
• Hungarian: zálogol — To seize somebody's property in place of payment of a debt
• Hungarian: zár alá vesz — To seize somebody's property in place of payment of a debt
• Hungarian: végrehajt — To seize somebody's property in place of payment of a debt
• Swedish: utmäta — To seize somebody's property in place of payment of a debt