Sequester

1. verb

   take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

   “The FBI seized the drugs”

   Similar: impound, attach, confiscate, seize

2. verb

   undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion

   “The cations were sequestered”

3. verb

   requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

   “the estate was sequestered”

4. verb

   keep away from others

   “He sequestered himself in his study to write a book”

   Similar: seclude, sequestrate, withdraw