SEQUESTERING

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Definition

verb

To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
“The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.”
To separate in order to store.
To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound
To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.