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Distrained

To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.

📖 Definitions of "Distrained"

verb

1
To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.
2
To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property.
"to distrain a person by his goods and chattels"
3
To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt.
4
To pull off, tear apart.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
distraintnoun	(law) The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.
detrainedverb	(rail transport, intransitive) To exit from a train; to disembark.
defrocked	—
discipledverb	Having been converted or trained as a disciple or a group of disciples.
dischargedverb	having lost your job
disciplinenoun	A controlled behaviour; self-control.
disciplinary	Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
demobilized	demobilize
disarmedverb	(transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
disciplined	Possessing mental discipline.
disciplingnoun	(uncountable) The condition of being a disciple.
divestedverb	(transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
declassed	—
castratedverb	Having had the reproductive organs removed (testicles in males, ovaries in females).
deprivationnoun	(uncountable) The state of being deprived; lack.
distilled	Having been produced by means of distillation.
discipliningnoun	The use of punishment to compel behavior.
deprogramnoun	(transitive) To counteract the effects of previous programming or brainwashing, especially in an attempt to persuade (a person) to abandon allegiance to a cult.
disciplinaritynoun	The quality of being an academic discipline.
defrockverb	(figuratively) To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.