sequestrate

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"To use his influence over Major Dabney to sequestrate, absolutely sequestrate, a full third of our property!"

From The Quickening by Ashe, E. M.

The independent Municipal Self-Governments have the right to sequestrate all unoccupied or uninhabited dwelling-places.

From Ten Days That Shook the World by Reed, John

“My father is my father; but Joseph is just as much my uncle as he’s yours; and you have no right to sequestrate his person.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

After the close of the American war, I had, for various reasons of a private nature, a wish to sequestrate myself for a time, from any very ostensible part in public affairs. 

From The Provost by Galt, John

Any scheme to sequestrate, to hide it under a bushel, or to put it under lock and key, is a shallow device.

From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett)