immobilize

Verb

• cause to be unable to move
  • The sudden storm immobilized the traffic
    

• prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
  • Blocked funds
    
  • Freeze the assets of this hostile government
    

• convert (assets) into fixed capital

• make defenseless

• to hold fast or prevent from moving
  • The child was pinned under the fallen tree
    

• hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  immobilise , freeze , block , trap , pin
• Antonyms: 
  unblock , unfreeze , free , release