If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment.
例句
There is concern that police use the law to confiscate assets from people who have committed minor offences...有人擔心警方利用該法罰沒犯下輕罪的人的財產。They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material.他們沒收了武器、彈藥和宣傳材料。