confiscating

transitive verb confiscated, confiscating

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

Origin: < 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