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sequester

Tosequester is to take something or someone out of the mainstream or out of circulation and put into isolation. (verb)

When a judge orders that a jury in a high-profile case be kept in a hotel for the duration of the trial, this is an example of a situation where the judge sequesters the jury.

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See sequester in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See sequester in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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