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   sequestrate

   /ˈsiːkwəstreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. take legal possession of (assets) until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met: "the power of courts to sequestrate the assets of unions"
   • ▪ take forcible possession of (something); confiscate: "in November 1956 the property was sequestrated by the authorities"
   • ▪ legally place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee for division among the creditors: "a trustee in a sequestrated estate"
   • ▪ declare (someone) bankrupt: "two more poll tax rebels were sequestrated"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘separate from general access’): from late Latin sequestrat- ‘given up for safekeeping’, from the verb sequestrare (see sequester).

   Derivatives

   • 1. sequestrable adjective
   • 2. sequestrator noun

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