=confiscate

Confiscate \Con"fis*cate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Confiscated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confiscating}.]
To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate
to the public use.

It was judged that he should be banished and his whole
estate confiscated and seized. --Bacon.

confiscated \confiscated\ adj.
taken without permission or consent, especially by or as if
by a public authority; as, the confiscated liquor was poured
down the drain; teh customs agents confiscated the banned
fruits.

Syn: appropriated, confiscate, seized, taken over.
[WordNet 1.5]