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UK
/fˈɔːfɪt/
]
[ US /ˈfɔɹfɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈfɔɹfɪt/ ]
VERB
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lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
forfeited property
you've forfeited your right to name your successor
ADJECTIVE
- surrendered as a penalty
NOUN
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a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something
the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time - something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
How To Use forfeit In A Sentence
- The maximum penalty for running grog into a restricted area is $1000 or six months for a first offence, and $2000 or 12 months for a second, plus forfeiture of the vehicle or aircraft.
- But when it comes time to make that decision, almost 40 per cent of us fail to remove our posteriors from the couch and forfeit our voice in the nation's affairs.
- Criminal asset forfeiture is different from a replevin action. The Volokh Conspiracy » New Institute for Justice Report on Asset Forfeiture
- Count down - throw a ball to each other, but if you miss you must pay a forfeit.
- The franchise needs continuity to ensure that positive public perception isn't forfeited unnecessarily through the dissipation or reduction of essential experience.
- The landlord can also almost certainly forfeit your deposit, but only as a contribution towards the rent. Times, Sunday Times
- It is becoming increasingly frustrating to witness teams forfeiting matches for one reason or the other.
- forfeited" -- which of course meant that they should be set free. Abraham Lincoln and the Union; a chronicle of the embattled North
- The match was the first to be forfeited in Test history and led to the umpire losing his place on the elite panel. Times, Sunday Times
- Yet soothly were I liefer that my body and my skin should pay the forfeit. The Water of the Wondrous Isles
