lien
noun/liːn/
Frequency rank: #10,626 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a legal right to keep or claim someone's property until a debt is paid.
Example sentence
The bank placed a legal lien on his property until he repaid the loan.
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