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Definitions
legally take something in place of a debt payment
Word origin
From Middle English distreynen, from Old French destraindre, from Latin distringō (“to pull asunder”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō (“to draw tight, strain”).
Used in a sentence
“But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine […]”
“Thus spake the Prince, and gently 'gan distrain / Now him, now her, between his friendly arms.”
“to distrain a person by his goods and chattels”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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