sequester: requisition forcibly, as of enemy property "the estate was sequestered"
impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize: 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"
sequester: undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion "The cations were sequestered"
seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw: keep away from others "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
