Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense sequestrates, present participle sequestrating, past tense, past participle sequestrated
verb [usually passive]
When property is sequestrated, it is taken officially from someone who has debts, usually after a decision in a court of law. If the debts are paid off, the property is returned to its owner.
[law]
He tried to prevent union money from being sequestrated by the courts. [beVERB-ed]
sequestration (siːkwestreɪʃən)uncountable noun
...the sequestration of large areas of land. [+ of]
sequestrate in British English
(sɪˈkwɛstreɪt)
verb(transitive)
1. law a variant of sequester (sense 3)
2. mainly Scots law
a.
to place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee for the benefit of his or her creditors
b.
to render (a person) bankrupt
3. archaic
to seclude or separate
Derived forms
sequestrator (ˈsiːkwɛsˌtreɪtə, sɪˈkwɛsˌtreɪtə)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Late Latin sequestrāre to sequester
sequestrate in American English
(sɪˈkwɛsˌtreɪt; ˈsikwəˌstreɪt; ˈsɛkwəˌstreɪt)
verb transitiveWord forms: seˈquesˌtrated or seˈquesˌtrating