sequester

Verb

• 1. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property;

  "the estate was sequestered"

• 2. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority;

  "The FBI seized the drugs"

  "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"

  "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

• 3. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion;

  "The cations were sequestered"

• 4. keep away from others;

  "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

• 5. set apart from others;

  "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"