[with obj.]take legal possession of (assets) until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met 扣押 the power of courts to sequestrate the assets of unions. 法庭扣押工会财产的权力。 ■take forcible possession of (something); confiscate 没收 compensation for Jewish property sequestrated by the Libyan regime. 对被利比亚政权没收的犹太人财产的赔偿。 ■legally place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee for division among the creditors 抵押(破产财产) [as adj. sequestrated]a trustee in a sequestrated estate. 抵押房产的托管人。 ■declare (someone) bankrupt 宣布…破产 two more poll tax rebels were sequestrated. 又宣布了两个不交人头税的人破产。
late Middle English (in the sense separate from general access): from late Latin sequestrat- 'given up for safe keeping', from the verb sequestrare (see sequester)