to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.

to seize by or as if by authority; appropriate summarily

The border guards confiscated our movie cameras.

seized.

verb

give , offer

verb

accroach , annex , appropriate , arrogate , assume , commandeer , confisticate , expropriate , glom on to , grab , hijack , impound , liberate , moonlight requisition , possess oneself of , preempt , sequester , sequestrate , swipe , take , take over , usurp , snatch , seize