confiscate
[verb]
Synonyms: seize, appropriate, commandeer, impound, sequester, sequestrate

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con‧fis‧cate /ˈkɒnfəskeɪt, ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt $ ˈkɑːn-/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of confiscare, from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + fiscus (, fiscal)]
to officially take private property away from someone, usually as a punishment:
Miss Williams confiscated all our sweets.
Many opposition supporters had their goods confiscated.
—confiscation /ˌkɒnfəˈskeɪʃən, ˌkɒnfɪˈskeɪʃən $ ˌkɑːn-/ noun [uncountable and countable]:
the confiscation of pornographic material

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