sequestrate

American  

[si-kwes-treyt] / sɪˈkwɛs treɪt /

verb (used with object)

sequestrated, sequestrating

1. Law.

   1. to sequester (property).

   2. to confiscate.

2. to separate; seclude.

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sequestrate British  

/ sɪˈkwɛsˌtreɪtə, ˈsiːkwɛsˌtreɪtə, sɪˈkwɛstreɪt /

verb

1. law a variant of sequester

2. Scots law

   1. to place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee for the benefit of his creditors

   2. to render (a person) bankrupt

3. archaic to seclude or separate

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• sequestrator
  noun

Etymology

Origin of sequestrate

1505–15; < Latin sequestrātus (past participle of sequestrāre ), equivalent to sequestr- ( see sequester) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The commissary is warned not to sequestrate the property of the accused, but to see that it be administered by some capable person.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 05 of 55 1582-1583 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

They have, besides, possessions in Belgium, Piedmont, and Italy, which I intend to sequestrate.

From World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by Guizot, M. (François)

"To use his influence over Major Dabney to sequestrate, absolutely sequestrate, a full third of our property!"

From The Quickening by Ashe, E. M.

Our subject is not entirely to sequestrate the prisoner nor to confine him to absolute solitude.

From Elizabeth Fry by Pitman, Mrs. E. R.

Grimes had hinted to his friend how easy it would be to sequestrate this money without Morrell knowing it.

From The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City by Marlowe, Amy Bell