(TAKE), sequestrate [verb] [T] legal - to take temporary possession of (someone's property) until they have paid back the money that they owe or obeyed a court orderTheir own small estate was sequestered by the Tsar for the family's part in the uprising.
SEQUESTER
Meaning of SEQUESTER in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012