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Some hoped to overthrow all law and order, that they might revel in the wealth they could then sequester.
CONTINENTAL MONTHLY, VOL. 4, NO 3, SEPTEMBER 1863VARIOUS
If any proven guilt results you shall sequester the property of offenders, in order to assure the judgment.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898EMMA HELEN BLAIR
I have been sent to sequester myself in my see; I have been set to gnaw my fingers as they had been old bones thrown to a dog.
THE FIFTH QUEEN CROWNEDFORD MADOX FORD
As surely as the wolf retires before cities, does the fairy sequester herself from the haunts of the licensed victualer.
AN ENGLISH GRAMMARW. M. BASKERVILL AND J. W. SEWELL
All that was necessary was to sequester the vessels and goods of merchants belonging to the nation at which it wished to strike.
THE BUCCANEERS IN THE WEST INDIES IN THE XVII CENTURYCLARENCE HENRY HARING
By admitting that the less may rule or sequester themselves from the greater, we unhinge all government.
NOVANGLUS, AND MASSACHUSETTENSISJOHN ADAMS
En-Noor can seize camels and sequester them; he can also seize men: but he must afterwards send them to Aghadez for trial.
NARRATIVE OF A MISSION TO CENTRAL AFRICA PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1850-51, VOLUME 1JAMES RICHARDSON
Parties having but one pair of pantaloons will have to sequester themselves or excite remarks.
REMARKSBILL NYE
First, as it respects the right of one nation to sequester the property of the individuals of another in any possible case.
ABRIDGMENT OF THE DEBATES OF CONGRESS, FROM 1789 TO 1856, VOL. I (OF 16)THOMAS HART BENTON
It is poor honour to sequester a creed from healthy handling, or to shrink from the serious examination of its doctrines.
SUPERNATURAL RELIGION, VOL. I. (OF III)WALTER RICHARD CASSELS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO SEQUESTER

  • accroach
  • annex
  • appropriate
  • arrogate
  • assume
  • commandeer
  • confiscate
  • deprive of property
  • dispossess
  • impound
  • preempt
  • requisition
  • sequester
  • take
  • take over
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