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distrain
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[dɪˈstreɪn], (Verb)
Definitions:
- seize (someone's property) in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed
(e.g: legislation has restricted the right to distrain goods found upon the premises)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French destreindre, from Latin distringere ‘stretch apart’, from dis- ‘apart’ + stringere ‘tighten’
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