sequester
US: /sɪˈkwɛstɝ/
UK: /siːkwˈɛstɐ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
sequester /si'kwestə/- động từ
- để riêng ra, cô lập
- to sequester oneself from the world: sống cô lập, sống ẩn dật
- (pháp lý) tịch thu tạm thời (tài sản của người thiếu nợ)
- để riêng ra, cô lập
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN] (law)1 = SEQUESTRATE
2 to keep a JURY together in a place, in order to prevent them from talking to other people about a case in a court of law, or learning about it in the newspapers, on television, etc.(also sequester) + verb
[VN] (law) to take control of sb's property or ASSETS until a debt has been paid
sequestration noun [U, C]: the sequestration of assets
Concise dictionary
sequesters|sequestered|sequesteringsɪ'kwestə(r)verb
+requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
+take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
+undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
+keep away from others
+set apart from others
