sequestrate

Example Sentences

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The bill and the subsequent legal costs saw the debt soar to a reported £30,000 and in 2000 Mrs Van Overwaele was sequestrated - the Scottish legal term for being made legally bankrupt.

From BBC

Microsoft said it would be carbon negative by 2030, and that by 2050 it hopes to have sequestrated enough carbon to account for all the direct emissions the company has ever made.

From Reuters

The proposed jurors were interviewed anonymously, and those selected will remain so – and sequestrated for the duration of the trial, expected to last several months.

From The Guardian

The personal bankruptcy of the business is being sequestrated by Wylie and Bisset.

From BBC

For 20 years, the Bedouin watched as Mubarak and his cronies sequestrated their lands for the tourist industry, and gave nothing back.

From New York Times