confiscate


confiscate (http://definr.com/confiscate)

     adj 1: surrendered as a penalty [syn: forfeit, forfeited]
     2: taken without permission or consent especially by public
        authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway
        cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the
        drain [syn: appropriated, condemned, confiscated, seized,
         taken over]
     v : take by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The
         customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The
         police confiscated the stolen artwork" [syn: impound, attach,
          sequester, seize]