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Sequestrate
ˈsiːkwəstreɪt
Sequestrate definitions
verb
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sequestrating
- 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"
seize commandeer expropriate annex arrogate sequestrate sequester take possession of take over assume secure acquire wrest usurp claim lay claim to hijack- 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"