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   se·ques·tra·tion

   /ˌsēkwəˈstrāSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. the action of taking legal possession of assets until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met: "if such court injunctions are ignored, sequestration of trade union assets will follow"
   • ▪ the action of taking forcible possession of something; confiscation: "they demanded the sequestration of the incriminating correspondence"
   • ▪ an act of declaring someone bankrupt: "in Scotland there were 1,908 sequestrations of individuals"
   • ▪ the action of making a general cut in government spending: "the measure brings the federal budget closer to sequestration"
   • 2. the action of sequestering a substance: "carbon sequestration"

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