poind

 
Pronunciation: /pɔɪnd, pɪnd/

verb

[with object] Scots Law
  • distrain or impound (a person’s property): the bailiff and his men poind his goods in the name of the law
  • subject (someone) to the distraint or impounding of their property: they only succeeded in poinding us because they tricked their way into the house

Origin:

late Middle English: variant of dialect pind 'impound'