v 1: take by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The
customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The
police confiscated the stolen artwork" [syn: impound, attach, confiscate, seize]
2: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study
to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequestrate, withdraw]
3: set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he
is working on" [syn: sequestrate, keep apart, {set
apart}, isolate]