sequester
verb /sɪˈkwestə(r)/
/sɪˈkwestər/
(law)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sequester | /sɪˈkwestə(r)/ /sɪˈkwestər/ |
| he / she / it sequesters | /sɪˈkwestəz/ /sɪˈkwestərz/ |
| past simple sequestered | /sɪˈkwestəd/ /sɪˈkwestərd/ |
| past participle sequestered | /sɪˈkwestəd/ /sɪˈkwestərd/ |
| -ing form sequestering | /sɪˈkwestərɪŋ/ /sɪˈkwestərɪŋ/ |
- (also sequestrate)to take control of somebody’s property or assets until a debt has been paid
- sequester somebody to keep a jury together in a place, in order to prevent them from talking to other people about a court case, or learning about it in the newspapers, on television, etc.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French sequestrer or late Latin sequestrare ‘commit for safe keeping’, from Latin sequester ‘trustee’.