sequester
/səˈkwɛs.tə/
fe’l verb
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To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.
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To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.
The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013.
- To separate in order to store.
- To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
ot noun
- Sequestration; separation
- A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee.
- A sequestrum.
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