transitive verb confiscated -·cat′ed, confiscating -·cat′·ing

1. to seize (private property) for the public treasury, usually as a penalty
2. to seize by or as by authority; appropriate

Etymology: < L confiscatus, pp. of confiscare, to lay up in a chest < com-, together + fiscus, money basket, public treasury: see fiscal

adjective

1. confiscated
2. having property confiscated