Sequester - Definition
sequester
v 1: requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was
sequestered"
2: 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" [syn: impound, attach, sequester,
confiscate, seize]
3: undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an
ion; "The cations were sequestered"
4: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study
to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate,
withdraw]
5: set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he
is working on" [syn: sequester, sequestrate, keep
apart, set apart, isolate]