sequester

Verb

• set apart from others
  • The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
    

• keep away from others
  • He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
    

• undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
  • The cations were sequestered
    

• 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
    

• requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
  • the estate was sequestered
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sequestrate , keep apart , set apart , isolate , seclude , withdraw , impound , attach , confiscate , seize