Confiscate vs. Expropriate

Confiscateverb

(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

Confiscateadjective

(obsolete) Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.

Confiscateadjective

Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

Confiscateverb

To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.

Confiscateverb

take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority;

Confiscateadjective

surrendered as a penalty

Confiscateadjective

taken without permission or consent especially by public authority;

Expropriateverb

(transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.

Expropriateverb

To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.

Expropriateverb

deprive of possessions;