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What (who) is Forfeit - definition
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Forfeiture; Forfeits; Forfeit (disambiguation); Forfeited; Forfeiting; Forfeiting (disambiguation); Game of forfeits
forfeit
(forfeits, forfeiting, forfeited)
1.
If you forfeit something, you lose it or are forced to give it up because you have broken a rule or done something wrong.
He was ordered to forfeit more than ?1.5m in profits...
He argues that murderers forfeit their own right to life.
VERB: V n, V n
2.
If you forfeit something, you give it up willingly, especially so that you can achieve something else.
He has forfeited a lucrative fee but feels his well-being is more important...
VERB: V n
3.
A forfeit is something that you have to give up because you have done something wrong.
That is the forfeit he must pay.
= penalty
N-COUNT
Forfeit
·noun Injury; wrong; mischief.
II. Forfeit ·vi To fail to keep an Obligation.
III. Forfeit (·p.p. / ·adj) In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.
IV. Forfeit ·noun Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.
V. Forfeit ·vi To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to Transgress.
VI. Forfeit ·noun Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine;
- whence the game of forfeits.
VII. Forfeit ·noun A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life.
VIII. Forfeit ·noun To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise;
- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited.
forfeit
I. n.
Fine, mulct, amercement, penalty, forfeiture.
II. v. a.
Lose (by some offence, by neglect, or by breach of condition), alienate.
Examples of use of Forfeit
1. "Let‘s forfeit our dividends, and you forfeit your bonuses," one elderly shareholder said, addressing Sechin and other directors.
2. This was only after she was coaxed into that challenge by Ant and Dec having instantly screamed "forfeit, forfeit" when she saw the worms.
3. Federal prosecutors want the defendants to forfeit $10 million, total.
4. Later the offender might forfeit the vehicle to the state.
5. Kay will pay $200,000 and McLaughlin will forfeit $100,000.