distrain

verb4

1. •
   To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt.
2. •
   (no longer used) To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property.
3. •
   (no longer used) To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.

   • But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine […] — 1590
4. •
   (no longer used) To pull off, tear apart.

   • For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine. — 1590