confiscate

/ˈkän-fə-ˌskāt/

Latin confiscatus, past participle of confiscare to confiscate, from com- + fiscus treasury

adjective

  1. appropriated by the government : forfeited

  2. deprived of property by confiscation

verb

  1. to seize as forfeited to the public treasury

  2. to seize by or as if by authority