confiscate

动词 confiscate:

1. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
   同义词：impound, attach, sequester, seize

形容词 confiscate:

1. surrendered as a penalty
   同义词：forfeit, forfeited
2. taken without permission or consent especially by public authority
   同义词：appropriated, condemned, confiscated, seized, taken over

1. If you are caught smuggling goods into the country, they will probably be confiscated.
   假如查出你向该国走私货物，你的货物可能会被没收。
2. The headmaster confiscated her radio.
   校长没收了她的收音机。

con.fis.cate

v.tr.（及物动词）
con.fis.cat.ed,con.fis.cat.ing,con.fis.cates
To seize (private property) for the public treasury.
充公：没收（私人财产）来作为公共财物
To seize by or as if by authority.See Synonyms at appropriate
没收：由政府或好象是由政府没收参见 appropriate
adj.（形容词）

Seized by a government; appropriated.
充公：由政府没收的；挪用的
Having lost property through confiscation.
被充公了的：由于被没收充公而丧失财产的

来源：
Latin cônfisc3re cônfisc3t-
拉丁语 cônfisc3re cônfisc3t-
com- [com-]
com- [前缀，表.和.]
fiscus [treasury]
fiscus [财富]

【引伸】
con.fisca.tion
n.（名词）
con.fisca.tor
n.（名词）
confis.cato.ry