Dictionary Check: sequester

"sequester" is a valid word!

Scrabble 18 points
Words with Friends 19 points

Definition

verb

requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

Example: "the estate was sequestered"
verb

take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

Example: "The FBI seized the drugs"
verb

undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion

Example: "The cations were sequestered"
verb

keep away from others

Example: "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
verb

set apart from others

Example: "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

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