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sequestrate

/si-kwes-treyt/US // sɪˈkwɛs treɪt //UK // (sɪˈkwɛstreɪt) //

封存,扣押,扣留,螯合

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    se·ques·trat·ed, se·ques·trat·ing.

    • : Law. to sequester.to confiscate.
    • : to separate; seclude.

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Examples

  • I have not yet handed him his cuffs, which I have ventured to sequestrate on the ground that they are spotted with our ink.

  • Grimes had hinted to his friend how easy it would be to sequestrate this money without Morrell knowing it.

  • Any scheme to sequestrate, to hide it under a bushel, or to put it under lock and key, is a shallow device.

  • Revolutionary committees every where sequestrate in the gross, in order to plunder in detail.

  • To use his influence over Major Dabney to sequestrate, absolutely sequestrate, a full third of our property!