sequestrate
/sɪˈkwestreɪt/verb
with obj.
1- take legal possession of (assets) until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met扣押（资产）：
the power of courts to sequestrate the assets of unions.
法庭扣押工会财产的权力。
1.1
- take forcible possession of (something); confiscate没收：
compensation for Jewish property sequestrated by the Libyan regime.
对被利比亚政权没收的犹太人财产的赔偿。
1.2
- legally place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee for division among the creditors把（破产者的财产）交由财产受托人保管（以便在债权人中分配）：
as adj. sequestrated a trustee in a sequestrated estate.托管财产受托人。
1.3
- declare (someone) bankrupt宣布…破产：
two more poll tax rebels were sequestrated.
又有两个不交人头税的人被宣布破产。
派生词
sequestrable
adjectivesequestrator
/ˈsiːkwestreɪtə(r)/ noun词源
late Middle English (in the sense separate from general access)： from late Latin sequestrat- 'given up for safe keeping', from the verb sequestrare （see SEQUESTER）.