to sequestrate

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Having enclosed underground or partially buried fruiting bodies, like a truffle
to confiscate
{v} to sequester
{f} take property temporarily under the settlement of a legal claim (Law)
When property is sequestrated, it is taken officially from someone who has debts, usually after a decision in a court of law. If the debts are paid off, the property is returned to its owner. He tried to prevent union money from being sequestrated by the courts. = sequester + sequestration se·ques·tra·tion the sequestration of large areas of land. to take property away from the person it belongs to because they have not paid their debts (sequestrare; SEQUESTER)
keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
to sequestrate