Definition of "segregate" [seg•re•gate]

• To separate or isolate from others or from a main body or group. See Synonyms at isolate. (verb-transitive)
• To impose the separation of (a race or class) from the rest of society. (verb-transitive)
• To become separated from a main body or mass. (verb-intransitive)
• To practice a policy of racial segregation. (verb-intransitive)
• Genetics To undergo genetic segregation. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Just watched ‘Snowjob’ at work, I realize the use of the term ‘tar-baby’ has neutral and charged connotations, but I also noted he used the term segregate, instead of separate early in the presser."
• "They must "segregate" client money being sent to another person or company (keep it in a separate account)."
• "They'll kind of segregate the business so that different credit card companies will cover people with different levels of credit."