Sequester
Sequester verb - To take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority.
Usage example: police found and sequestered several illegal weapons
Take over and sequester are semantically related In some cases you can use "Take over" instead a verb "Sequester".
Nearby Words: sequestration, sequestering
Take over
Take over verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
Usage example: students protesting the war took over the college's radio station
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- annex and sequester
- annex and take over
- seize and sequester
- seize and take over
- requisition and sequester
- requisition and take over
- assume and sequester
- assume and take over
- take and sequester
- take and take over
- appropriate and sequester
- appropriate and take over
- capture and sequester
- capture and take over
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