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- Dictionaryse·ques·ter/səˈkwestər/
verb
- 1. isolate or hide away: "Tiberius was sequestered on an island" Similar
- 2. take legal possession of (assets) until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met: "the power of courts to sequester the assets of unions"
noun
- 1. a general cut in government spending: US "if the budget deal hadn't gone through, there would have been a sequester of at least $100 billion"
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