sequestration
/ˌsiːkweˈstreɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1- the action of taking legal possession of assets until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met扣押：
if such court injunctions are ignored, sequestration of trade union assets will follow.
如果法庭的这种禁制令遭漠视, 工会的财产将随即被扣押。
1.1
- the action of taking forcible possession of something; confiscation没收：
he demanded the sequestration of the incriminating correspondence.
他要求没收那封控告信。
1.2
- count noun an act of declaring someone bankrupt宣布破产。
1.3
- Chemistry the action of sequestering a substance【化】（多价）螯合（作用）。