i Register
In some senses, distrain is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
verb
To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.
But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine […]
Thus spake the Prince, and gently 'gan distrain / Now him, now her, between his friendly arms.
To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property.
to distrain a person by his goods and chattels
To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt.
To pull off, tear apart.
For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine.