Verb
1. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property;
"the estate was sequestered"2. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority;
"The FBI seized the drugs""The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment""The police confiscated the stolen artwork"3. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion;
"The cations were sequestered"4. keep away from others;
"He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"5. set apart from others;
"The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"