DISTRAIN

distrain

Verb

  1. To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.
  2. To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property.
  3. To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt.
    to distrain a person by his goods and chattels
  4. To pull off, tear apart.


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