"sequester" in the verb sense
1. sequester
requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
"the estate was sequestered"
2. 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"
3. sequester
undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
"The cations were sequestered"
4. seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
keep away from others
"He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
5. sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
set apart from others
"The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
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