confiscators
/ˈkɑn.fə.skeɪ.tɚz/
noun
- People or groups who take property away from someone as a punishment or by legal authority.
- The students protested against the confiscators who took their phones during the exam.
- The confiscators seized the smuggled goods at the border.
- During the war, the confiscators took over the empty houses for military use.