0 someone who has an amount taken from their wages (= money paid to an employee every week) or bank account through a legal process, in order to pay back money they owe:
1 to take an amount from someone's wages (= money paid to an employee every week) or bank account through a legal process, in order to pay back money they owe:
2 a company, person, etc. who is ordered by a court to garnish part of someone's income or property in order to pay a debt
3 → garnish
The plaintiffs replied by denying the garnishees' claims.
This motion requested that writs be issued to several garnishees.
Garnishment does not involve actual seizure of property which remains in the hands of the garnishee.
Creditors may sue to seize or garnishee a debtor's bank accounts.
The government will tell you how much you pay in child support and it can even garnishee your wages.
The hospital has been criticized for its debt collection tactics, which include garnisheeing wages and filing lawsuits against patients.
Tennessee allows up to 25% of a person's paycheck to be garnisheed.
Where a debtor has a bank account, there is the remedy of garnishee proceedings.
