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.
   [1913 Webster]

         It was judged that he should be banished and his whole
         estate confiscated and seized.           --Bacon.
   [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

confiscated \confiscated\ adj.
   taken without permission or consent, especially by or as if
   by a public authority; as, the confiscated liquor was poured
   down the drain; teh customs agents confiscated the banned
   fruits.

   Syn: appropriated, confiscate, seized, taken over.
        [WordNet 1.5]