Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun garnishee

1 sense of garnishee

Sense 1
garnishee -- (a wage earner who is served with a garnishment)
       => earner, wage earner -- (someone who earn wages in return for their labor)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb garnishee

1 sense of garnishee

Sense 1
garnishee, garnish -- (take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt")
       => impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize -- (take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork")