1. past tense and past participle of interplead; to engage in interpleader proceedings, in which a person holding property or funds disputed by two or more claimants asks a court to determine who is entitled to it.
Usage: legal; formal

Examples

• The insurance company interpled the disputed claim amount into court.
• When two creditors claimed the same funds, the bank interpled to let the court decide.
• The stakeholder interpled the contested property to avoid liability.
• The defendant interpled the funds rather than risk paying the wrong party.