Distrain (verb)
dis-trayn
(law)
Seize (someone’s property) in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed.
Example sentences
“There’s a suspension on the right for bailiffs to distrain property as a solution now.”
Ireful (adj) ayur-ful full of intense anger; wrathful. Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; ire, -ful (more…)
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
