as in penalty
a sum of money to be paid as a punishment
the forfeiture for early withdrawal of the investment savings will be an amount equal to 10 percent of the investment
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Recent Examples of forfeiture
The car, now held in federal custody, could be liquidated at auction pending a legal forfeiture process if Wedding or his associates are convicted.
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Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
That way, nothing of value will have been lost, the owners will get richer still, and Big Tech may continue to collect on the (somewhat) voluntary forfeiture of whatever’s left of our privacy.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Nov. 2025
The steepest forfeiture penalty went to Han, now 50, who was ordered to repay $500,000.
—Rob Kuznia, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
PrivatBank, owned by Kolomoisky and Boholiubov, accounted for a quarter of the Ukrainian banking sector from 2003 to 2016 and held deposits in excess of $6 billion, including a third of individual deposit accounts in the country, according to the FBI’s forfeiture request.
—Olena Loginova, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forfeiture
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Hendrickson proved to be too much, and Suamataia was benched for Morris after allowing two sacks and taking two holding penalties in the second half.—
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Jimenez’s movement drags Forest centre-back Nikola Milenkovic up the pitch, allowing Smith Rowe to carry the ball forward and progress the attack, which leads to the award of the penalty that proves to be the game’s only goal.—
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Those who break the rules are hit with fines depending on the severity of the infraction.—
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Judge Steven Hippler sentenced Kohberger, 30, to four lifetimes in prison without parole for the murders of four University of Idaho students, plus 10 years for a burglary charge and $270,000 in fines and civil penalties.—
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In 2025, 23 weather and climate events exceeded $1 billion in damages, costing a total of around $115 billion, according to an analysis released Thursday by the nonprofit organization Climate Central.—
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The United States experienced nearly two dozen billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2025, causing at least 276 fatalities and costing a total of $115 billion in damages.—
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“Forfeiture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forfeiture. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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