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   distrain

   /dɪˈstreɪn/

   verb

   • 1. seize (someone's property) in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed: "legislation has restricted the right to distrain goods found upon the premises"
   • ▪ seize the property of (someone) in order to obtain payment of money owed: "the Crown applied political pressure by distraining debtors"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French destreindre, from Latin distringere ‘stretch apart’, from dis- ‘apart’ + stringere ‘tighten’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. distrainer noun
   • 2. distrainment noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

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   • R

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   • A

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   • I

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   • N

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