Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia CONFISCATION kon-fis-ka'-shun. See PUNISHMENTS.

Multi-Version Concordance Confiscation (2 Occurrences) Hebrews 10:34 For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens. (See NIV) Ezra 7:26 Whoever will not do the law of your God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)