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sequestration

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13 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aeeinoqrssttuStarts with SEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

Word origin

From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“sequester”).

Used in a sentence

  • the sequestration of juries
  • At that time there was no rigid sequestration on the islands, and lepers, if they chose, were allowed to go free.
  • The company took a revenue hit when sequestration dried up some of its best contracts.

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