sequester

(v) requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
- the estate was sequestered
(v) 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,
(v) undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
- The cations were sequestered
(v) keep away from others
- He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
seclude, sequestrate, withdraw,
(v) set apart from others
- The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
keep apart, sequestrate, set apart, isolate,

confiscate impound seize attach seclude sequestrate withdraw keep apart set apart isolate

sequestered