The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Confiscate \Con"fis*cate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Confiscated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confiscating.]
   To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate
   to the public use.
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         It was judged that he should be banished and his whole
         estate confiscated and seized.           --Bacon.
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