distrain

verb

He decided to distrain the debtor's property to recover the debt.

意味（1）

(obsolete) To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.

意味（2）

(law, transitive, obsolete) To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property.

to distrain a person by his goods and chattels

意味（3）

(law, intransitive) To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt.

意味（4）

(obsolete) To pull off, tear apart.

For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine.