His government probably confiscated the stuff in the first place, so it didn't cost them anything.

Then the new government confiscated nearly everything Leslie had inherited.

The government has confiscated and expropriated much of the industry.

The Government confiscates the money to help pay off her student loan debt.

The Government took the dimmer view and confiscated the magazine's press run at least 22 times in the last three years.

In 1948 the communist government confiscated their lands and possessions.

After the victory of the 1979 revolution, the government confiscated privately run industries.

The local government then confiscated their property and destroyed their home, he said.

The Government may confiscate and in some cases destroy illegally imported religious literature.

And that's where the government steps in and confiscates property from one private owner.