sequester

verb

1. 1

   set apart from others

   The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on

2. 2

   keep away from others

   He sequestered himself in his study to write a book

3. 3

   undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion

   The cations were sequestered

4. 4

   take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

   The FBI seized the drugs

   The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment

5. 5

   requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

   the estate was sequestered