dis·train (dĭ-strān)
v. Law dis·trained, dis·train·ing, dis·trains
v. tr.
► To seize and hold (property) to compel payment or reparation, as of debts.
► To seize the property of (a person) in order to compel payment of debts; distress.
v. intr.
To levy a distress.

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distrain
[Middle English distreinen, from Old French destreindre, destreign-, from Medieval Latin distringere, distrinct-, from Latin, to hinder  : dis-, apart; see dis- + stringere, to draw tight; see streig- in Indo-European Roots.]

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distrain
dis·traina·ble adj.
dis·trainment n.
dis·trainor or dis·trainer n.

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