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The moment your stuff stops being yours and starts being theirs, legally.
means The official seizure of someone's property by an authority, usually as a penalty or under the law.
from From Latin confiscare, to consign to the fiscus — the imperial treasury, literally the emperor's woven money-basket where seized goods landed.
Roman rootsThe fiscus was Caesar's personal coffer, not the public purse.
Customs classicBorder agents confiscate; pirates and bullies merely take.
Civil forfeitureModern police can confiscate property without convicting anyone.