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pfänden  to impound, attach (wages, etc.), seize (assets)

Der Fiskus hatte sein ganzes Vermögen gepfändet.
The Office of the Treasury had seized all of his assets.

Related: die Pfändung impounding/impoundment, attachment (of wages, etc.), seizure (of assets), die Pfand deposit, security (against), something pawned/put up as security, das Pfandhaus pawnshop, pawnbroker der Pfandbrief bond, debenture