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

• sequestrator
  noun

Etymology

Origin of sequestrate

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

Example Sentences

They sequestrate our manifestos, they forbid meetings and conferences, they pry into our postal correspondence.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman

So it fell out that the von Schwarzenberg's schemes, first to banish and later to sequestrate the American, were set at naught through the agency of Mr. Julian Grant.

From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth

They told her that Lord Carse found himself compelled, for family reasons, to sequestrate her.

From The Billow and the Rock by Wheeler, E.J.

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

Not sequestrate the income of a man who has been proved to be a thief!

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony