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Sequestration

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WordDefinition
requisitionnounA formal request for something.
segregationnoun(politics) The separation of people based upon race, sex, religion, or other identity in institutions.

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integrationnounThe act or process of making whole or entire.
integratingThat integrates.
desegregationnounThe act or process of eliminating segregation.

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requisitionnounA formal request for something.
segregationnoun(politics) The separation of people based upon race, sex, religion, or other identity in institutions.
embargonounA ban on trade with another country.
forfeiturenoun(law) The loss of forfeit property.
confiscationnounThe act or process of confiscating.
ousternoun(now chiefly US) The forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting.
oustingnounThe act by which somebody is ousted; an ouster.
arrestnoun(law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
disqualificationnounThe act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified
removalnounThe process of removing or the fact of being removed.
retentionnounThe act of retaining or something retained.
isolationnoun(chiefly uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people.
seizurenoun(medicine, pathology) A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
detentionnoun(countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement.
capturenounAn act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
setnounA punch for setting nails in wood.
abductionnounLeading away; a carrying away.
kidnapnounThe crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.
kidnappingnoun(crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.
abductedHaving been kidnapped; having become the victim of an abduction

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