1) Appropriation 2) Arrogation 3) French word used in English 4) Seizure 5) Seizure by the government 1) Arrogation 2) Expropriation 3) Seizure 
Confiscation, from the Latin confiscatio `joining to the fiscus, i.e. transfer to the treasury` is a legal seizure by a government or other public authority. The word is also used, popularly, of spoliation under legal forms, or of any seizure of property as punishment or in enforcement of the law. ==Scope and history== As a punishment, it differ.....
• (n.) The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.
in property law, act of appropriating private property for state or sovereign use. Confiscation as an incident of state power can be traced back to ... [1 related articles]
Money or other property taken from an offender who benefited from criminal activity.
Con`fis·ca'tion noun [ Latin confiscatio .] The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use. « The confiscations following a subdued rebellion. Hallam. » 
Appropriation of private property for public use without compensation.
[n] - seizure by the government
arrogation noun seizure by the government
seizure by the government