confiscation
noun
[ ˌkɒnfɪˈskeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of taking or seizing someone's property with authority; seizure.
• "a court ordered the confiscation of her property"
Similar:
seizure,
impounding,
commandeering,
requisition,
requisitioning,
appropriation,
expropriation,
sequestration,
taking away,
annexation,
forfeiture,
distraint,
distrainment,
attachment,
disseisin,
poind,
poinding,