sequestered

(verb) requisition forcibly, as of enemy property. Synonyms: sequester. Example: "The estate was sequestered."

(verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority. Synonyms: impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize. Examples: "The fbi seized the drugs." "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment." "The police confiscated the stolen artwork."

(verb) undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion. Synonyms: sequester. Example: "The cations were sequestered."

(verb) keep away from others. Synonyms: seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw. Example: "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book."

(verb) set apart from others. Synonyms: sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate. Example: "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on."

(adj) providing privacy or seclusion. Synonyms: cloistered, reclusive, secluded. Examples: "The cloistered academic world of books." "Sat close together in the sequestered pergola." "Sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree." "A secluded romantic spot."

(adj) kept separate and secluded. Example: "A sequestered jury."