sequestrate
verb /ˈsiːkwəstreɪt/, /sɪˈkwestreɪt/
/ˈsiːkwəstreɪt/, /sɪˈkwestreɪt/
(also sequester)
(law)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sequestrate | /ˈsiːkwəstreɪt/, /sɪˈkwestreɪt/ /ˈsiːkwəstreɪt/, /sɪˈkwestreɪt/ |
| he / she / it sequestrates | /ˈsiːkwəstreɪts/, /sɪˈkwestreɪts/ /ˈsiːkwəstreɪts/, /sɪˈkwestreɪts/ |
| past simple sequestrated | /ˈsiːkwəstreɪtɪd/, /sɪˈkwestreɪtɪd/ /ˈsiːkwəstreɪtɪd/, /sɪˈkwestreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle sequestrated | /ˈsiːkwəstreɪtɪd/, /sɪˈkwestreɪtɪd/ /ˈsiːkwəstreɪtɪd/, /sɪˈkwestreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form sequestrating | /ˈsiːkwəstreɪtɪŋ/, /sɪˈkwestreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈsiːkwəstreɪtɪŋ/, /sɪˈkwestreɪtɪŋ/ |
- sequestrate something to take control of somebody’s property or assets until a debt has been paid
- The two businessmen were fined, and had their assets sequestrated.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘separate from general access’): from late Latin sequestrat- ‘given up for safe keeping’, from the verb sequestrare ‘commit for safe keeping’, from Latin sequester ‘trustee’.