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distraint means: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

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distraint

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9 lettersPart of speech nounSorted adiinrsttStarts with DEnds with T0 clues

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the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

From distrain, on the model of such pairs as constrain, constraint and restrain, restraint.

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