sequestration C2 Topic:Law & Government US /ˌsɛkwəˈstreɪʃən/ UK /ˌsɛkwəˈstreɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #83108 Meanings 1 noun law: the seizure, isolation, or placing in custody of property by legal authority The decree ordered the sequestration of the emigrant's estate. 2 noun the act of segregating or sequestering sequestration of the jury Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · law: the seizure,... legal seizureconfiscation 2 noun · the act of segregating or... segregation Word family Derived forms biosequestrationcryosequestrationdesequestrationgeosequestrationimmunosequestrationleukosequestrationnonsequestrationresequestration Etymology From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“sequester”). Topics Law & Government External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sequestration **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌsɛkwəˈstreɪʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌsɛkwəˈstreɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 83108 ## Meanings 1. law: the seizure, isolation, or placing in custody of property by legal authority 2. the act of segregating or sequestering ## Examples - The decree ordered the sequestration of the emigrant's estate. - sequestration of the jury ## Derived Forms - biosequestration - cryosequestration - desequestration - geosequestration - immunosequestration - leukosequestration - nonsequestration - resequestration ## Etymology From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“sequester”). ## Topics - Law & Government markdown