sequester

se·ques·ter  (s-kwstr)

v. se·ques·tered, se·ques·ter·ing, se·ques·ters

v.tr.

1. To cause to withdraw into seclusion.

2. To remove or set apart; segregate. See Synonyms at isolate.

3. Law

a. To take temporary possession of (property) as security against legal claims.

b. To requisition and confiscate (enemy property).

v.intr. Chemistry

To undergo sequestration.

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[Middle English sequestren, from Old French, from Latin sequestrre, to give up for safekeeping, from Latin sequester, depositary, trustee; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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sequester [sɪˈkwɛstə]

vb (tr)

1. to remove or separate

2. (usually passive) to retire into seclusion

3. (Law) Law to take (property) temporarily out of the possession of its owner, esp until the claims of creditors are satisfied or a court order is complied with

4. (Law) International law to requisition or appropriate (enemy property)

[from Late Latin sequestrāre to surrender for safekeeping, from Latin sequester a trustee]

sequestrable  adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	sequester - requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered" take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" confiscate, impound, sequester, seize, attach - 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"
	2.	sequester - 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" confiscate, impound, seize, attach take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" condemn - appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway" sequester - requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered" garnish, garnishee - take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt" distrain - confiscate by distress
	3.	sequester - undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered" chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
	4.	sequester - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" seclude, sequestrate, withdraw isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" adjourn, retire, withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
	5.	sequester - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" keep apart, sequestrate, set apart, isolate disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

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sequester

verb

1. take, seize, confiscate, appropriate, impound, commandeer, take possession of, expropriate, arrogate, sequestrate Everything he owned was sequestered.

2. isolate, cut off, seclude, retire, withdraw, set apart, shut away This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months.

Translations

sequester [sɪˈkwestəʳ] VT

1. (= isolate, shut up) → aislar

2. (Jur) [+ property] → secuestrar, confiscar

sequester

vt

(liter: = isolate) → abkapseln

(Jur) = sequestrate

sequester [sɪˈkwɛstəʳ] vt (Law) (property) → sequestrare, confiscare