confiscation は【没収，押収】という意味の名詞（C/U）です．
con（一緒に）＋ fiscus（国の財産）
同系語としては fiscal 財政の，があります．
Newsweek.com における出現頻度：重要単語（記事中で２年間で数十回程度以上）
confiscate xxx from yyy で yyy から xxx を押収する，です．confiscate drugs from a courier など．
The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
-- John Maynard Keynes
The government ordered the confiscation of his asset, alleging that it came as profits from drug trafficking.
政府は麻薬密売による蓄財容疑で彼の財産押収を命じた．