Distrain
English Meaning
To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict.
- To seize and hold (property) to compel payment or reparation, as of debts.
- To seize the property of (a person) in order to compel payment of debts; distress.
- To levy a distress.