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...有人担心警方利用该法罚没犯下轻罪的人的财产。They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material.他们没收了武器、弹药和宣传材料。