distrain
/dɪˈstreɪn/verb
with obj.
1- Law seize (someone's property) in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed【律】扣押（某人的财物）：
legislation has restricted the right to distrain goods found upon the premises.
法律已经对生产场所发现的货物扣押权进行了限制。
1.1
- seize the property of (someone) for this purpose扣押（某人）的财物：
the Crown applied political pressure by distraining debtors.
王室通过扣押债务人的财物来施加政治压力。
派生词
distrainer
noundistrainment
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French destreindre, from Latin distringere 'stretch apart'， from dis- 'apart'+stringere 'tighten'.