usage: requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"
2. impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize, take
usage: 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"
3. sequester, change
usage: undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"
usage: providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"