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   sequestration

   /ˌsiːkwəˈstreɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of sequestrating or taking legal possession of assets: "if such court injunctions are ignored, sequestration of trade union assets will follow"
   • ▪ the action of taking forcible possession of something; confiscation: "he demanded the sequestration of the incriminating correspondence"
   • ▪ the action of declaring someone bankrupt: "in Scotland there were 1,908 sequestrations of individuals"
   • 2. the action of chemically sequestering a substance: "carbon sequestration"

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