sequestrate

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As it stood on paper, simply to take possession of the ports of Mexico, and sequestrate their customs to pay the interest on foreign debts.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various

He was to inquire into the conduct of Cortez, and in case he thought fit, to seize him, sequestrate his property, and supersede him in command.

From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Irving, Washington

“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

His creditors were willing enough to wait, but one rascal refused to do so, and swore he would sequestrate him.

From The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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