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
Santos must pay restitution of nearly $374,000 and forfeiture of more than $200,000 under the terms of his plea deal.
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
The Women's Rights Network (WRN) put out a statement on Monday, calling for not only the forfeiture of the February championship match, but any sports competition against an Afghanistan national team.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
The largest portion of the fund for Madoff’s victims, about $2.2 billion, came from a civil forfeiture recovery from the estate of Jeffry Picower, a now-dead Madoff investor, the DOJ said.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Terry heads to the courthouse to report the cops and get his money back, and a plot unfolds that wraps up local politics, issues of civil forfeiture and corruption.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
The Women's Rights Network (WRN) put out a statement on Monday, calling for not only the forfeiture of the February championship match, but any sports competition against an Afghanistan national team.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
The largest portion of the fund for Madoff’s victims, about $2.2 billion, came from a civil forfeiture recovery from the estate of Jeffry Picower, a now-dead Madoff investor, the DOJ said.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Terry heads to the courthouse to report the cops and get his money back, and a plot unfolds that wraps up local politics, issues of civil forfeiture and corruption.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for forfeiture
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“Forfeiture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forfeiture. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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