Editing Confiscation (section)

=== United States ===
During the [[American Revolution]], [[customs racketeering]] became a serious problem. By harshly enforcing customs laws, particularly the more obscure regulations, corrupt customs officials could seize property almost with impunity.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9XHGAAAAQBAJ&q=%22Customs+racketeering%22&pg=PA56|title=Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician|last=Alexander|first=John K.|date=2004-01-13|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=9781461642787|pages=56|language=en}}</ref> This caused significant conflict between the United States and Great Britain.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KKX8sxOHBugC&q=%22Customs+racketeering%22&pg=PA48|title=Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine|last=Leamon|first=James S.|date=March 1995|publisher=Univ of Massachusetts Press|isbn=0870239597|language=en}}</ref>

In the United States among the "war measures" during the [[American Civil War]], acts were passed in 1861 and 1862 confiscating, respectively, property used for "insurrectionary purposes" and the property generally of those engaged in rebellion.<ref name="EB1911"/>