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 [syn: {impound}, {attach}, {sequester},

{seize}]