sequester
verb (used with object)
to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude.
have sequestered
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present perfectof sequester.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The official also noted that Judge Brian Cogan should have sequestered the jury, essentially isolating them from the public for a period of time, to avoid external influences and exposure to media reports.
From Fox News ● Mar. 1, 2019
Bloch said that while it was unusual for a judge not to have sequestered the jury in such a high-profile case, it was difficult to fault Ellis without knowing how he shaped his decision.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2018
But this illustrious state is supposed not only, in the language of a former section, to have pre-occupied the business; they have sequestered the inheritance of many ages to come.
From An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition by Adam Ferguson
At Plaisance they have sequestered a chalice and a sum of 175 franks, the personal property of M. l'abbé Orse, first vicar.
From The Insurrection in Paris by Davy (An Englishman)
