sequestrate
verb
[ ˈsiːkwəstreɪt ]
• take legal possession of (assets) until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met.
• "the power of courts to sequestrate the assets of unions"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘separate from general access’): from late Latin sequestrat- ‘given up for safekeeping’, from the verb sequestrare (see sequester).
