garnishee (v)
garnish (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 40
def take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
examples His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Outgoing links
Hypernym impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
Derivationally related form garnish → garnishment
Incoming links
Derivationally related form garnishment → garnish
Hyponym impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize

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