Definition of forfeit in English:

forfeit

verbforfeited, forfeiting, forfeits ˈfɔːfɪtˈfɔrfət

[with object]

1Lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing.
those unable to meet their taxes were liable to forfeit their estates
Example sentencesExamples
- Locke argued that a person forfeits his rights when committing even minor crimes.
- He did nothing to forfeit his presumptive entitlement to costs.
- The qualification was based on the idea that a person can forfeit his natural rights to life and liberty by a suitably serious violation of natural law.
- In consequence, many men died in prison, but because they had not been convicted, their property was not forfeited to the Crown.
- But even under Florida law, as I understand it, if you abandon your wife, you take another common law wife, you essentially forfeit your rights to have any kind of say in a situation like this.
- Even the prospect of signing a pre-nuptial agreement stating that, in case of a divorce, I would be required to forfeit my rights to custody of my children.
- Several other states and the federal forfeiture law also permit police and prosecutors to keep forfeited property and proceeds.
- We are looking here at powers to forfeit a person's property because of its nature, or because of that particular property's relationship to some criminal activity.
- The result will be, either that Mr Orion ceases to run the business, or that the sublease will be forfeited for the breach.
- If someone kills other people, do they forfeit their rights?
- Property can be forfeited without its owner ever being charged with a crime…
- Although the crime of these two young men was especially heinous, they did not thereby forfeit their rights under English law and under the Convention on Human rights.
- Under the Act of Settlement of 1689, the Prince automatically forfeited his right of the succession by marrying a Roman Catholic.
- When women wed, they forfeited the property rights that they enjoyed as single women.
- The flip side is that if your teen does get a ticket in the first six months, driving privileges are forfeited for the next six months.
- The dangers to the defendants from the defendants having to forfeit the plaintiff's leases, owing to failure to perform its obligations by the plaintiff or his assigns, may be negligible.
- He has not entirely forfeited his original privilege and powers; something of that image remains.
- Previously the courts could prevent property from being forfeited if it was thought to be excessively hard, in the way the law was applied.
- For that, she may well have forfeited her own entitlement to the mercy that a jury might otherwise have accorded her.
- Where the property is owned jointly, the partner leaving the marital home does not forfeit rights to the property.
1. 1.1 Lose or give up (something) as a necessary consequence of something else.
  she didn't mind forfeiting an hour in bed to muck out the horses
  Example sentencesExamples
  But today it's hard to conceive of Edmontonians forfeiting their own livelihoods to benefit everyone, including strangers in a different province.
  I drove forward to the entrance and gnawed my fingernails until a man parallel to me on the left honked and waved at me to go, forfeiting his turn through the intersection.
  Change your job or forfeit your promotion and you lose your identity, your status, the approval of your peers and the virtue associated with constant activity.
  If the ladies don't get some new members they will have to disband and forfeit the hour so don't be afraid and use the hour to display your skills and point scoring ability.
  The Pilot so forfeiting his position shall not be reinstated until a vacancy occurs, and then only at the discretion of the Commissioners on his presenting himself as a candidate in like manner as an Apprentice Pilot.
  Yet even when Rome's enemies matched the superpower atrocity for atrocity, they were not necessarily forfeiting their chances of posthumous fame.
  The idea of a major cultural institution forfeiting a key exhibition to the bottom line seemed not only callous and shortsighted but, in many ways, an ominous sign of the times in profit-driven Alberta.
  Often he simply forfeits his royalties from manufacturers in exchange for products which end up in fans hands free-of-charge (the band merch, not the metal goods, that is).
  Guarding your face meant forfeiting peripheral vision and risking a new sort of physical harm - unsympathetic players were known to prod and jab loose-fitting facial armor.
  Respecting the family name becomes an important theme, as doing well means giving your family a good name - even if it means forfeiting your own happiness.
  But, surely, it forfeits its religious significance when it is used as a weapon of destruction, to punish rather than to purify.
  He said that forfeiting the presidential race would be the least of his party's problems if Democrats are tied to any forgery scandal.
  At 59, Watson is a rarity, a photographer who has shot every glittering name on the A-list without forfeiting his own anonymity.
  In the past Bailey has proved himself as a player always prepared to put his club first, forfeiting a potential position on the end-of-season Kangaroo tour last year to have ear surgery.
  If a parent wants to send their child to a grammar school but the application fails, the child forfeits a place at a higher performing comprehensive and risks ending up at a weaker school.
  The minute it begins to out-whoop them it forfeits its character and becomes ridiculous.
  The Government of Ireland Act had allowed for Northern Ireland to opt out of the Irish Free State, and there is precious little evidence to suggest that unionists were minded to forfeit this opportunity.
  When it didn't work out, they just left, forfeiting their security deposit and taking every possession back with them - except the rocks.
  In a survival mode, the baby operates at the most primary level, forced to dedicate all resources to the basic functions necessary for existence, thus forfeiting opportunity for potential growth.
  The Liberals have become a right-wing reactionary party, forfeiting their claim to conservative ideals and constituencies.
  Synonyms
  surrender, relinquish, hand over, deliver up, part with, yield, sacrifice, give up, renounce, be stripped of/deprived of, lose
  informal pass up, lose out on

nounPlural forfeits ˈfɔːfɪtˈfɔrfət

1A fine or penalty for wrongdoing.
the loser must pay a forfeit
Example sentencesExamples
- As with any Satanic deal there is a sting, a forfeit, a payback.
- If the flame should accidentally be extinguished during transfer, then the receiving player is eliminated from the game, and must pay a forfeit.
- They have pledged to pay a forfeit to charity each time they made the error themselves.
- It can be agreed that the player or team that loses most games has to pay a forfeit, such as crawling under the table and crowing like a cockerel.
- For those that don't know, the forfeit, a bit of a traditional thing, involves doing a lap of the pitch at training.
- Members of staff are nominated to pay forfeits if the team win a game by a three-goal margin, while the players are on the receiving end if they lose by four goals or more.
- Colleagues chased each other and the loser was then sponsored to complete a forfeit.
- Here is something awesome, which dramatises and amplifies the idea that in some particularly heinous murders, only the forfeit of the killer's own life can pay the tariff for the crime.
- I had pleasure taking forfeits of ladies who could not do their duty, by kissing of them.
- Just a week before the first ball is due to be bowled in the eighth cricket World Cup, the talk wasn't about champions and challengers yesterday but boycotts, riots, forfeits and fines.
- And if you feel that the country is a threat to American freedom, smoking cigars from elsewhere seems a small forfeit.
- The loser selects a card of the winner's hand and must perform one of the forfeits (some of which are to remove items of clothing) depending on the number of times the pot was raised.
- Count down - throw a ball to each other, but if you miss you must pay a forfeit.
- This states that a conviction is necessary before a fine or forfeit can be imposed.
- His fate changes when he loses a bet and pays his forfeit by having his hair dyed platinum blonde.
- Moreover a man is required by divine and positive law to submit to corporal punishment if he cannot pay the forfeit for any act he has committed.
- In fact, many of them pay a forfeit to government as part of making their own choices: Homeschoolers pay taxes to support a public school system they do not use.
- I thought that in a race, the loser has to pay a forfeit.
- The director is either awarded a ‘banana’ or punished with a forfeit.
Synonyms
penalty, financial penalty, fine, fee, charge, sanction, punitive action, penance
damages
confiscation, loss, relinquishment, forfeiture
Law sequestration
English Law, historical amercement
rare mulct
1. 1.1Law An item of property or a right or privilege lost as a legal penalty.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Otherwise, the forfeit demanded of me is illegal and void.
  If he steps outside, he has breached the sureties of forfeit.
2. 1.2forfeits A game in which trivial penalties are exacted for minor misdemeanours.
3. 1.3mass noun The action of forfeiting something.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Fish & Neave's record climbed to 4-5, two of the wins by forfeit.
  Leah suddenly realized something and shouted, ‘We win the race by forfeit!’
  They also lost 14-12 to Eastern Districts on May 7, but won by forfeit when the two sides were scheduled to play at Lone Pine Oval on July 9.
  Their reserves won via forfeit against the Italians.
  In meetings between the top three this season, leaving aside Thornlie's round one forfeit to Kenwick, the results have been full of interest.
  Lucia's indifference melted into a cautious glower, but Sondra only smiled and held up her hands in forfeit.
  He reached for his constant-interruption controls but pulled back, remembering that such a move would result in automatic forfeit.
  There have been church commitments and family obligations and the like. Normally this isn't a problem, but when a team is down to six players, it means another forfeit.
  The other scheduled game saw Stormbirds win by forfeit over TDC.
  Notwithstanding those performances, Forsyth conceded he may have to do the embarrassing end-of-season forfeit for players who finish the campaign try-less.
  Given the circumstances, it should come as no surprise that the Americans won their first game by forfeit.
  UEFA awarded Tuesday's victory to Milan as a 3-0 forfeit, with the team advancing 5-0 on aggregate.
  HHH is celebrating and it seems that alliances have been made within the heels as Batista and Triple H shake hands and Batista gets on the mic and declares himself the winner by forfeit.
  ‘Whoa, girl, okay,’ he said, seeing my act and buying it, holding up his hands in forfeit.
  And the New Jersey Americans' forfeit of a ‘playoff’ game is worth an article in itself.

adjective ˈfɔːfɪtˈfɔrfət

predicative Lost or surrendered as a penalty for wrongdoing.
his possessions were declared forfeit
Example sentencesExamples
- In the event, finance could not be raised in time, and the deposit of £40,000 was forfeit under the terms of Moore's contract.
- Breakaways had a double win this weekend with their on-court 38-23 victory over Tribes followed by a forfeit victory over All Saints from their game held over from the first round.
- So I simply had him tell the country simpleton that half his lands were forfeit under the Catholic property restrictions!
- The Bench ordered that the net and rabbits should be forfeit.
- The only faintly sinister moment in my new nirvana was when we were told that we couldn't unplug the set-top box's phone link to Sky headquarters, otherwise our contract would be forfeit.
- The plants and cultivation system were forfeit.
- Yeah, he has a lot of ideas, but without being supported by the Americans, his life would be forfeit.
- Alfred's law declared that a man's life and property were forfeit if he plotted against the king.
- How does that work with condemnation of forfeit goods?
- The company was granted the licence on the payment of a deposit of i5,000 which would be forfeit if the company did not comply with the requirements of the licence.
- He had indicated in court that he would not prevent the girl's return to Britain and had persuaded the court to remove a £1m bond that would have been forfeit.
- It did not mean that statutory authority to discharge into the sewage works became forfeit upon proof of a nuisance.
- In an age where trust and faith in God and governments are forfeit, humanity, expressed through fear, is the last bond of the race.
- If the copyright holder does not pay the tax for 3 years, then the work is forfeit to the public domain.
- This was a major offense, punishable by death, and his life and domain were therefore forfeit, leading to the famous vendetta.
- Now the initially agreed sales targets are not being met, there is talk of the franchise being forfeit.
- The Bronx Irishmen had previously beaten Manhattan Kickers and received a forfeit win over CD Iberia.
- Let's face it, the Red Sox are a bigger reason than Hurricane Frances as to why the Yankees were seeking a forfeit victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Monday.
- Both played in the team's opening game against Columneetza which resulted in a forfeit loss.
- As a result of the delay and in accordance with the provisions in the regulations, the security was declared forfeit.

Derivatives

forfeitable

adjective ˈfɔːfɪtəb(ə)lˈfɔrfədəb(ə)l

The same result would arise if the stock were not expressly forfeitable, but Tom was subject to insider trading restrictions imposed by Sec. 16 of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act.
Example sentencesExamples
- The forfeitable property has been transferred or conveyed to, sold to, or deposited with a third party.
- It may be, instead, that criminals forfeit other rights (such as freedom to travel), yet the right to life is simply not forfeitable.
- Seize his house on the theory that it's a forfeitable asset, since it was used to facilitate an illegal transaction.
- The stock (one-third of the bonus) is placed in a forfeitable account to assure long-term commitment; it vests 100 percent in five years.

forfeiter

noun ˈfɔːfɪtəˈfɔrfədər

If the forfeiter applies for reconsideration or submits to court in duration, the legal system institution will take part in the reconsideration or lawsuit.
Example sentencesExamples
- These realities are unbeknownst to the forfeiter of the information, and yet we are compelled to act as a reluctant voyeur.
- That was at the end of August, and the car, twice badly shaken, was a forfeiter for the rest of the season.
- The leader might also make up something embarrassing for the forfeiter to do such as yawn until someone else yawns or recite a silly tongue twister perfectly.
- There, we played more games, except this time we have forfeiters eat up the plate of food we ‘filled-up’ before each set of the game.

Origin

Middle English (originally denoting a crime or transgression, hence a fine): from Old French forfet, forfait, past participle of forfaire 'transgress', from for- 'out' (from Latin foris 'outside') + faire 'do' (from Latin facere).

forest from Middle English:
You would not necessarily link forest and foreign, but they have the same Latin root. Forest came via French from the Latin phrase forestis silva, literally ‘wood outside’, from foris ‘out of doors, outside’ and silva ‘a wood’. The first word moved into English and became our ‘forest’. In early use forest had a special legal sense. It was an area, usually belonging to the king, that was intended for hunting, a mixture of woodland, heath, scrub, and farmland not as thickly wooded as forests today. It had its own forest laws, and officers appointed to enforce them. The New Forest in Hampshire was reserved as Crown property by William the Conqueror in 1079 as a royal hunting area, and still has its own rules and officers, or verderers (mid 16th century), a word that comes from Latin viridis, ‘green’—compare the expression greenwood (Middle English). Forfeit (Middle English) which originally meant ‘a crime or offence’, with the meaning of a fine or penalty developing from this, is also from foris, as are forum, literally ‘what is out of doors’ in Latin, but used to mean ‘market place’ and then ‘meeting place’. Forensic (mid 17th century) comes from Latin forensis ‘in open court, public’, from forum. Because we so often hear the expression forensic science in the context of solving a mystery, it is sometimes forgotten that the term means the application of medical knowledge to support the law.

Definition of forfeit in US English:

forfeit

verbˈfɔrfətˈfôrfət

[with object]

1Lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing.
those unable to meet their taxes were liable to forfeit their property
Example sentencesExamples
- Previously the courts could prevent property from being forfeited if it was thought to be excessively hard, in the way the law was applied.
- Where the property is owned jointly, the partner leaving the marital home does not forfeit rights to the property.
- Several other states and the federal forfeiture law also permit police and prosecutors to keep forfeited property and proceeds.
- When women wed, they forfeited the property rights that they enjoyed as single women.
- He did nothing to forfeit his presumptive entitlement to costs.
- Even the prospect of signing a pre-nuptial agreement stating that, in case of a divorce, I would be required to forfeit my rights to custody of my children.
- For that, she may well have forfeited her own entitlement to the mercy that a jury might otherwise have accorded her.
- He has not entirely forfeited his original privilege and powers; something of that image remains.
- The result will be, either that Mr Orion ceases to run the business, or that the sublease will be forfeited for the breach.
- Locke argued that a person forfeits his rights when committing even minor crimes.
- Although the crime of these two young men was especially heinous, they did not thereby forfeit their rights under English law and under the Convention on Human rights.
- Under the Act of Settlement of 1689, the Prince automatically forfeited his right of the succession by marrying a Roman Catholic.
- The flip side is that if your teen does get a ticket in the first six months, driving privileges are forfeited for the next six months.
- We are looking here at powers to forfeit a person's property because of its nature, or because of that particular property's relationship to some criminal activity.
- If someone kills other people, do they forfeit their rights?
- Property can be forfeited without its owner ever being charged with a crime…
- In consequence, many men died in prison, but because they had not been convicted, their property was not forfeited to the Crown.
- The dangers to the defendants from the defendants having to forfeit the plaintiff's leases, owing to failure to perform its obligations by the plaintiff or his assigns, may be negligible.
- But even under Florida law, as I understand it, if you abandon your wife, you take another common law wife, you essentially forfeit your rights to have any kind of say in a situation like this.
- The qualification was based on the idea that a person can forfeit his natural rights to life and liberty by a suitably serious violation of natural law.
1. 1.1 Lose or give up (something) as a necessary consequence of something else.
  she didn't mind forfeiting an extra hour in bed to get up and clean the stables
  Example sentencesExamples
  In a survival mode, the baby operates at the most primary level, forced to dedicate all resources to the basic functions necessary for existence, thus forfeiting opportunity for potential growth.
  The idea of a major cultural institution forfeiting a key exhibition to the bottom line seemed not only callous and shortsighted but, in many ways, an ominous sign of the times in profit-driven Alberta.
  Yet even when Rome's enemies matched the superpower atrocity for atrocity, they were not necessarily forfeiting their chances of posthumous fame.
  The Liberals have become a right-wing reactionary party, forfeiting their claim to conservative ideals and constituencies.
  When it didn't work out, they just left, forfeiting their security deposit and taking every possession back with them - except the rocks.
  In the past Bailey has proved himself as a player always prepared to put his club first, forfeiting a potential position on the end-of-season Kangaroo tour last year to have ear surgery.
  But, surely, it forfeits its religious significance when it is used as a weapon of destruction, to punish rather than to purify.
  The Government of Ireland Act had allowed for Northern Ireland to opt out of the Irish Free State, and there is precious little evidence to suggest that unionists were minded to forfeit this opportunity.
  If the ladies don't get some new members they will have to disband and forfeit the hour so don't be afraid and use the hour to display your skills and point scoring ability.
  But today it's hard to conceive of Edmontonians forfeiting their own livelihoods to benefit everyone, including strangers in a different province.
  Change your job or forfeit your promotion and you lose your identity, your status, the approval of your peers and the virtue associated with constant activity.
  The Pilot so forfeiting his position shall not be reinstated until a vacancy occurs, and then only at the discretion of the Commissioners on his presenting himself as a candidate in like manner as an Apprentice Pilot.
  If a parent wants to send their child to a grammar school but the application fails, the child forfeits a place at a higher performing comprehensive and risks ending up at a weaker school.
  At 59, Watson is a rarity, a photographer who has shot every glittering name on the A-list without forfeiting his own anonymity.
  Often he simply forfeits his royalties from manufacturers in exchange for products which end up in fans hands free-of-charge (the band merch, not the metal goods, that is).
  I drove forward to the entrance and gnawed my fingernails until a man parallel to me on the left honked and waved at me to go, forfeiting his turn through the intersection.
  He said that forfeiting the presidential race would be the least of his party's problems if Democrats are tied to any forgery scandal.
  Guarding your face meant forfeiting peripheral vision and risking a new sort of physical harm - unsympathetic players were known to prod and jab loose-fitting facial armor.
  Respecting the family name becomes an important theme, as doing well means giving your family a good name - even if it means forfeiting your own happiness.
  The minute it begins to out-whoop them it forfeits its character and becomes ridiculous.
  Synonyms
  surrender, relinquish, hand over, deliver up, part with, yield, sacrifice, give up, renounce, be stripped deprived of, be stripped of of, lose

nounˈfɔrfətˈfôrfət

1A fine or penalty for wrongdoing or for a breach of the rules in a club or game.
Example sentencesExamples
- And if you feel that the country is a threat to American freedom, smoking cigars from elsewhere seems a small forfeit.
- The loser selects a card of the winner's hand and must perform one of the forfeits (some of which are to remove items of clothing) depending on the number of times the pot was raised.
- For those that don't know, the forfeit, a bit of a traditional thing, involves doing a lap of the pitch at training.
- Just a week before the first ball is due to be bowled in the eighth cricket World Cup, the talk wasn't about champions and challengers yesterday but boycotts, riots, forfeits and fines.
- It can be agreed that the player or team that loses most games has to pay a forfeit, such as crawling under the table and crowing like a cockerel.
- If the flame should accidentally be extinguished during transfer, then the receiving player is eliminated from the game, and must pay a forfeit.
- Moreover a man is required by divine and positive law to submit to corporal punishment if he cannot pay the forfeit for any act he has committed.
- Count down - throw a ball to each other, but if you miss you must pay a forfeit.
- Here is something awesome, which dramatises and amplifies the idea that in some particularly heinous murders, only the forfeit of the killer's own life can pay the tariff for the crime.
- The director is either awarded a ‘banana’ or punished with a forfeit.
- Colleagues chased each other and the loser was then sponsored to complete a forfeit.
- Members of staff are nominated to pay forfeits if the team win a game by a three-goal margin, while the players are on the receiving end if they lose by four goals or more.
- In fact, many of them pay a forfeit to government as part of making their own choices: Homeschoolers pay taxes to support a public school system they do not use.
- I had pleasure taking forfeits of ladies who could not do their duty, by kissing of them.
- This states that a conviction is necessary before a fine or forfeit can be imposed.
- I thought that in a race, the loser has to pay a forfeit.
- His fate changes when he loses a bet and pays his forfeit by having his hair dyed platinum blonde.
- They have pledged to pay a forfeit to charity each time they made the error themselves.
- As with any Satanic deal there is a sting, a forfeit, a payback.
Synonyms
penalty, financial penalty, fine, fee, charge, sanction, punitive action, penance
1. 1.1Law An item of property or a right or privilege lost as a legal penalty.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Otherwise, the forfeit demanded of me is illegal and void.
  If he steps outside, he has breached the sureties of forfeit.
2. 1.2forfeits A game in which trivial penalties are exacted.
3. 1.3 The action of forfeiting something.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Notwithstanding those performances, Forsyth conceded he may have to do the embarrassing end-of-season forfeit for players who finish the campaign try-less.
  There have been church commitments and family obligations and the like. Normally this isn't a problem, but when a team is down to six players, it means another forfeit.
  Lucia's indifference melted into a cautious glower, but Sondra only smiled and held up her hands in forfeit.
  ‘Whoa, girl, okay,’ he said, seeing my act and buying it, holding up his hands in forfeit.
  Leah suddenly realized something and shouted, ‘We win the race by forfeit!’
  He reached for his constant-interruption controls but pulled back, remembering that such a move would result in automatic forfeit.
  Given the circumstances, it should come as no surprise that the Americans won their first game by forfeit.
  UEFA awarded Tuesday's victory to Milan as a 3-0 forfeit, with the team advancing 5-0 on aggregate.
  Their reserves won via forfeit against the Italians.
  And the New Jersey Americans' forfeit of a ‘playoff’ game is worth an article in itself.
  In meetings between the top three this season, leaving aside Thornlie's round one forfeit to Kenwick, the results have been full of interest.
  The other scheduled game saw Stormbirds win by forfeit over TDC.
  Fish & Neave's record climbed to 4-5, two of the wins by forfeit.
  HHH is celebrating and it seems that alliances have been made within the heels as Batista and Triple H shake hands and Batista gets on the mic and declares himself the winner by forfeit.
  They also lost 14-12 to Eastern Districts on May 7, but won by forfeit when the two sides were scheduled to play at Lone Pine Oval on July 9.

adjectiveˈfɔrfətˈfôrfət

predicative Lost or surrendered as a penalty for wrongdoing or neglect.
the lands which he had acquired were automatically forfeit
Example sentencesExamples
- The company was granted the licence on the payment of a deposit of i5,000 which would be forfeit if the company did not comply with the requirements of the licence.
- Both played in the team's opening game against Columneetza which resulted in a forfeit loss.
- Alfred's law declared that a man's life and property were forfeit if he plotted against the king.
- The Bronx Irishmen had previously beaten Manhattan Kickers and received a forfeit win over CD Iberia.
- The Bench ordered that the net and rabbits should be forfeit.
- He had indicated in court that he would not prevent the girl's return to Britain and had persuaded the court to remove a £1m bond that would have been forfeit.
- So I simply had him tell the country simpleton that half his lands were forfeit under the Catholic property restrictions!
- It did not mean that statutory authority to discharge into the sewage works became forfeit upon proof of a nuisance.
- In an age where trust and faith in God and governments are forfeit, humanity, expressed through fear, is the last bond of the race.
- This was a major offense, punishable by death, and his life and domain were therefore forfeit, leading to the famous vendetta.
- How does that work with condemnation of forfeit goods?
- If the copyright holder does not pay the tax for 3 years, then the work is forfeit to the public domain.
- The only faintly sinister moment in my new nirvana was when we were told that we couldn't unplug the set-top box's phone link to Sky headquarters, otherwise our contract would be forfeit.
- Now the initially agreed sales targets are not being met, there is talk of the franchise being forfeit.
- Let's face it, the Red Sox are a bigger reason than Hurricane Frances as to why the Yankees were seeking a forfeit victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Monday.
- As a result of the delay and in accordance with the provisions in the regulations, the security was declared forfeit.
- The plants and cultivation system were forfeit.
- Yeah, he has a lot of ideas, but without being supported by the Americans, his life would be forfeit.
- Breakaways had a double win this weekend with their on-court 38-23 victory over Tribes followed by a forfeit victory over All Saints from their game held over from the first round.
- In the event, finance could not be raised in time, and the deposit of £40,000 was forfeit under the terms of Moore's contract.

Origin

Middle English (originally denoting a crime or transgression, hence a fine): from Old French forfet, forfait, past participle of forfaire ‘transgress’, from for- ‘out’ (from Latin foris ‘outside’) + faire ‘do’ (from Latin facere).

单词	forfeit
释义	Definition of forfeit in English: forfeit verbforfeited, forfeiting, forfeits ˈfɔːfɪtˈfɔrfət [with object] 1Lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing. those unable to meet their taxes were liable to forfeit their estates Example sentencesExamples Locke argued that a person forfeits his rights when committing even minor crimes. He did nothing to forfeit his presumptive entitlement to costs. The qualification was based on the idea that a person can forfeit his natural rights to life and liberty by a suitably serious violation of natural law. In consequence, many men died in prison, but because they had not been convicted, their property was not forfeited to the Crown. But even under Florida law, as I understand it, if you abandon your wife, you take another common law wife, you essentially forfeit your rights to have any kind of say in a situation like this. Even the prospect of signing a pre-nuptial agreement stating that, in case of a divorce, I would be required to forfeit my rights to custody of my children. Several other states and the federal forfeiture law also permit police and prosecutors to keep forfeited property and proceeds. We are looking here at powers to forfeit a person's property because of its nature, or because of that particular property's relationship to some criminal activity. The result will be, either that Mr Orion ceases to run the business, or that the sublease will be forfeited for the breach. If someone kills other people, do they forfeit their rights? Property can be forfeited without its owner ever being charged with a crime… Although the crime of these two young men was especially heinous, they did not thereby forfeit their rights under English law and under the Convention on Human rights. Under the Act of Settlement of 1689, the Prince automatically forfeited his right of the succession by marrying a Roman Catholic. When women wed, they forfeited the property rights that they enjoyed as single women. The flip side is that if your teen does get a ticket in the first six months, driving privileges are forfeited for the next six months. The dangers to the defendants from the defendants having to forfeit the plaintiff's leases, owing to failure to perform its obligations by the plaintiff or his assigns, may be negligible. He has not entirely forfeited his original privilege and powers; something of that image remains. Previously the courts could prevent property from being forfeited if it was thought to be excessively hard, in the way the law was applied. For that, she may well have forfeited her own entitlement to the mercy that a jury might otherwise have accorded her. Where the property is owned jointly, the partner leaving the marital home does not forfeit rights to the property. 1.1 Lose or give up (something) as a necessary consequence of something else. she didn't mind forfeiting an hour in bed to muck out the horses Example sentencesExamples But today it's hard to conceive of Edmontonians forfeiting their own livelihoods to benefit everyone, including strangers in a different province. I drove forward to the entrance and gnawed my fingernails until a man parallel to me on the left honked and waved at me to go, forfeiting his turn through the intersection. Change your job or forfeit your promotion and you lose your identity, your status, the approval of your peers and the virtue associated with constant activity. If the ladies don't get some new members they will have to disband and forfeit the hour so don't be afraid and use the hour to display your skills and point scoring ability. The Pilot so forfeiting his position shall not be reinstated until a vacancy occurs, and then only at the discretion of the Commissioners on his presenting himself as a candidate in like manner as an Apprentice Pilot. Yet even when Rome's enemies matched the superpower atrocity for atrocity, they were not necessarily forfeiting their chances of posthumous fame. The idea of a major cultural institution forfeiting a key exhibition to the bottom line seemed not only callous and shortsighted but, in many ways, an ominous sign of the times in profit-driven Alberta. Often he simply forfeits his royalties from manufacturers in exchange for products which end up in fans hands free-of-charge (the band merch, not the metal goods, that is). Guarding your face meant forfeiting peripheral vision and risking a new sort of physical harm - unsympathetic players were known to prod and jab loose-fitting facial armor. Respecting the family name becomes an important theme, as doing well means giving your family a good name - even if it means forfeiting your own happiness. But, surely, it forfeits its religious significance when it is used as a weapon of destruction, to punish rather than to purify. He said that forfeiting the presidential race would be the least of his party's problems if Democrats are tied to any forgery scandal. At 59, Watson is a rarity, a photographer who has shot every glittering name on the A-list without forfeiting his own anonymity. In the past Bailey has proved himself as a player always prepared to put his club first, forfeiting a potential position on the end-of-season Kangaroo tour last year to have ear surgery. If a parent wants to send their child to a grammar school but the application fails, the child forfeits a place at a higher performing comprehensive and risks ending up at a weaker school. The minute it begins to out-whoop them it forfeits its character and becomes ridiculous. The Government of Ireland Act had allowed for Northern Ireland to opt out of the Irish Free State, and there is precious little evidence to suggest that unionists were minded to forfeit this opportunity. When it didn't work out, they just left, forfeiting their security deposit and taking every possession back with them - except the rocks. In a survival mode, the baby operates at the most primary level, forced to dedicate all resources to the basic functions necessary for existence, thus forfeiting opportunity for potential growth. The Liberals have become a right-wing reactionary party, forfeiting their claim to conservative ideals and constituencies. Synonyms surrender, relinquish, hand over, deliver up, part with, yield, sacrifice, give up, renounce, be stripped of/deprived of, lose informal pass up, lose out on nounPlural forfeits ˈfɔːfɪtˈfɔrfət 1A fine or penalty for wrongdoing. the loser must pay a forfeit Example sentencesExamples As with any Satanic deal there is a sting, a forfeit, a payback. If the flame should accidentally be extinguished during transfer, then the receiving player is eliminated from the game, and must pay a forfeit. They have pledged to pay a forfeit to charity each time they made the error themselves. It can be agreed that the player or team that loses most games has to pay a forfeit, such as crawling under the table and crowing like a cockerel. For those that don't know, the forfeit, a bit of a traditional thing, involves doing a lap of the pitch at training. Members of staff are nominated to pay forfeits if the team win a game by a three-goal margin, while the players are on the receiving end if they lose by four goals or more. Colleagues chased each other and the loser was then sponsored to complete a forfeit. Here is something awesome, which dramatises and amplifies the idea that in some particularly heinous murders, only the forfeit of the killer's own life can pay the tariff for the crime. I had pleasure taking forfeits of ladies who could not do their duty, by kissing of them. Just a week before the first ball is due to be bowled in the eighth cricket World Cup, the talk wasn't about champions and challengers yesterday but boycotts, riots, forfeits and fines. And if you feel that the country is a threat to American freedom, smoking cigars from elsewhere seems a small forfeit. The loser selects a card of the winner's hand and must perform one of the forfeits (some of which are to remove items of clothing) depending on the number of times the pot was raised. Count down - throw a ball to each other, but if you miss you must pay a forfeit. This states that a conviction is necessary before a fine or forfeit can be imposed. His fate changes when he loses a bet and pays his forfeit by having his hair dyed platinum blonde. Moreover a man is required by divine and positive law to submit to corporal punishment if he cannot pay the forfeit for any act he has committed. In fact, many of them pay a forfeit to government as part of making their own choices: Homeschoolers pay taxes to support a public school system they do not use. I thought that in a race, the loser has to pay a forfeit. The director is either awarded a ‘banana’ or punished with a forfeit. Synonyms penalty, financial penalty, fine, fee, charge, sanction, punitive action, penance damages confiscation, loss, relinquishment, forfeiture Law sequestration English Law, historical amercement rare mulct 1.1Law An item of property or a right or privilege lost as a legal penalty. Example sentencesExamples Otherwise, the forfeit demanded of me is illegal and void. If he steps outside, he has breached the sureties of forfeit. 1.2forfeits A game in which trivial penalties are exacted for minor misdemeanours. 1.3mass noun The action of forfeiting something. Example sentencesExamples Fish & Neave's record climbed to 4-5, two of the wins by forfeit. Leah suddenly realized something and shouted, ‘We win the race by forfeit!’ They also lost 14-12 to Eastern Districts on May 7, but won by forfeit when the two sides were scheduled to play at Lone Pine Oval on July 9. Their reserves won via forfeit against the Italians. In meetings between the top three this season, leaving aside Thornlie's round one forfeit to Kenwick, the results have been full of interest. Lucia's indifference melted into a cautious glower, but Sondra only smiled and held up her hands in forfeit. He reached for his constant-interruption controls but pulled back, remembering that such a move would result in automatic forfeit. There have been church commitments and family obligations and the like. Normally this isn't a problem, but when a team is down to six players, it means another forfeit. The other scheduled game saw Stormbirds win by forfeit over TDC. Notwithstanding those performances, Forsyth conceded he may have to do the embarrassing end-of-season forfeit for players who finish the campaign try-less. Given the circumstances, it should come as no surprise that the Americans won their first game by forfeit. UEFA awarded Tuesday's victory to Milan as a 3-0 forfeit, with the team advancing 5-0 on aggregate. HHH is celebrating and it seems that alliances have been made within the heels as Batista and Triple H shake hands and Batista gets on the mic and declares himself the winner by forfeit. ‘Whoa, girl, okay,’ he said, seeing my act and buying it, holding up his hands in forfeit. And the New Jersey Americans' forfeit of a ‘playoff’ game is worth an article in itself. adjective ˈfɔːfɪtˈfɔrfət predicative Lost or surrendered as a penalty for wrongdoing. his possessions were declared forfeit Example sentencesExamples In the event, finance could not be raised in time, and the deposit of £40,000 was forfeit under the terms of Moore's contract. Breakaways had a double win this weekend with their on-court 38-23 victory over Tribes followed by a forfeit victory over All Saints from their game held over from the first round. So I simply had him tell the country simpleton that half his lands were forfeit under the Catholic property restrictions! The Bench ordered that the net and rabbits should be forfeit. The only faintly sinister moment in my new nirvana was when we were told that we couldn't unplug the set-top box's phone link to Sky headquarters, otherwise our contract would be forfeit. The plants and cultivation system were forfeit. Yeah, he has a lot of ideas, but without being supported by the Americans, his life would be forfeit. Alfred's law declared that a man's life and property were forfeit if he plotted against the king. How does that work with condemnation of forfeit goods? The company was granted the licence on the payment of a deposit of i5,000 which would be forfeit if the company did not comply with the requirements of the licence. He had indicated in court that he would not prevent the girl's return to Britain and had persuaded the court to remove a £1m bond that would have been forfeit. It did not mean that statutory authority to discharge into the sewage works became forfeit upon proof of a nuisance. In an age where trust and faith in God and governments are forfeit, humanity, expressed through fear, is the last bond of the race. If the copyright holder does not pay the tax for 3 years, then the work is forfeit to the public domain. This was a major offense, punishable by death, and his life and domain were therefore forfeit, leading to the famous vendetta. Now the initially agreed sales targets are not being met, there is talk of the franchise being forfeit. The Bronx Irishmen had previously beaten Manhattan Kickers and received a forfeit win over CD Iberia. Let's face it, the Red Sox are a bigger reason than Hurricane Frances as to why the Yankees were seeking a forfeit victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Monday. Both played in the team's opening game against Columneetza which resulted in a forfeit loss. As a result of the delay and in accordance with the provisions in the regulations, the security was declared forfeit. Derivatives forfeitable adjective ˈfɔːfɪtəb(ə)lˈfɔrfədəb(ə)l The same result would arise if the stock were not expressly forfeitable, but Tom was subject to insider trading restrictions imposed by Sec. 16 of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act. Example sentencesExamples The forfeitable property has been transferred or conveyed to, sold to, or deposited with a third party. It may be, instead, that criminals forfeit other rights (such as freedom to travel), yet the right to life is simply not forfeitable. Seize his house on the theory that it's a forfeitable asset, since it was used to facilitate an illegal transaction. The stock (one-third of the bonus) is placed in a forfeitable account to assure long-term commitment; it vests 100 percent in five years. forfeiter noun ˈfɔːfɪtəˈfɔrfədər If the forfeiter applies for reconsideration or submits to court in duration, the legal system institution will take part in the reconsideration or lawsuit. Example sentencesExamples These realities are unbeknownst to the forfeiter of the information, and yet we are compelled to act as a reluctant voyeur. That was at the end of August, and the car, twice badly shaken, was a forfeiter for the rest of the season. The leader might also make up something embarrassing for the forfeiter to do such as yawn until someone else yawns or recite a silly tongue twister perfectly. There, we played more games, except this time we have forfeiters eat up the plate of food we ‘filled-up’ before each set of the game. Origin Middle English (originally denoting a crime or transgression, hence a fine): from Old French forfet, forfait, past participle of forfaire 'transgress', from for- 'out' (from Latin foris 'outside') + faire 'do' (from Latin facere). forest from Middle English: You would not necessarily link forest and foreign, but they have the same Latin root. Forest came via French from the Latin phrase forestis silva, literally ‘wood outside’, from foris ‘out of doors, outside’ and silva ‘a wood’. The first word moved into English and became our ‘forest’. In early use forest had a special legal sense. It was an area, usually belonging to the king, that was intended for hunting, a mixture of woodland, heath, scrub, and farmland not as thickly wooded as forests today. It had its own forest laws, and officers appointed to enforce them. The New Forest in Hampshire was reserved as Crown property by William the Conqueror in 1079 as a royal hunting area, and still has its own rules and officers, or verderers (mid 16th century), a word that comes from Latin viridis, ‘green’—compare the expression greenwood (Middle English). Forfeit (Middle English) which originally meant ‘a crime or offence’, with the meaning of a fine or penalty developing from this, is also from foris, as are forum, literally ‘what is out of doors’ in Latin, but used to mean ‘market place’ and then ‘meeting place’. Forensic (mid 17th century) comes from Latin forensis ‘in open court, public’, from forum. Because we so often hear the expression forensic science in the context of solving a mystery, it is sometimes forgotten that the term means the application of medical knowledge to support the law. Definition of forfeit in US English: forfeit verbˈfɔrfətˈfôrfət [with object] 1Lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing. those unable to meet their taxes were liable to forfeit their property Example sentencesExamples Previously the courts could prevent property from being forfeited if it was thought to be excessively hard, in the way the law was applied. Where the property is owned jointly, the partner leaving the marital home does not forfeit rights to the property. Several other states and the federal forfeiture law also permit police and prosecutors to keep forfeited property and proceeds. When women wed, they forfeited the property rights that they enjoyed as single women. He did nothing to forfeit his presumptive entitlement to costs. Even the prospect of signing a pre-nuptial agreement stating that, in case of a divorce, I would be required to forfeit my rights to custody of my children. For that, she may well have forfeited her own entitlement to the mercy that a jury might otherwise have accorded her. He has not entirely forfeited his original privilege and powers; something of that image remains. The result will be, either that Mr Orion ceases to run the business, or that the sublease will be forfeited for the breach. Locke argued that a person forfeits his rights when committing even minor crimes. Although the crime of these two young men was especially heinous, they did not thereby forfeit their rights under English law and under the Convention on Human rights. Under the Act of Settlement of 1689, the Prince automatically forfeited his right of the succession by marrying a Roman Catholic. The flip side is that if your teen does get a ticket in the first six months, driving privileges are forfeited for the next six months. We are looking here at powers to forfeit a person's property because of its nature, or because of that particular property's relationship to some criminal activity. If someone kills other people, do they forfeit their rights? Property can be forfeited without its owner ever being charged with a crime… In consequence, many men died in prison, but because they had not been convicted, their property was not forfeited to the Crown. The dangers to the defendants from the defendants having to forfeit the plaintiff's leases, owing to failure to perform its obligations by the plaintiff or his assigns, may be negligible. But even under Florida law, as I understand it, if you abandon your wife, you take another common law wife, you essentially forfeit your rights to have any kind of say in a situation like this. The qualification was based on the idea that a person can forfeit his natural rights to life and liberty by a suitably serious violation of natural law. 1.1 Lose or give up (something) as a necessary consequence of something else. she didn't mind forfeiting an extra hour in bed to get up and clean the stables Example sentencesExamples In a survival mode, the baby operates at the most primary level, forced to dedicate all resources to the basic functions necessary for existence, thus forfeiting opportunity for potential growth. The idea of a major cultural institution forfeiting a key exhibition to the bottom line seemed not only callous and shortsighted but, in many ways, an ominous sign of the times in profit-driven Alberta. Yet even when Rome's enemies matched the superpower atrocity for atrocity, they were not necessarily forfeiting their chances of posthumous fame. The Liberals have become a right-wing reactionary party, forfeiting their claim to conservative ideals and constituencies. When it didn't work out, they just left, forfeiting their security deposit and taking every possession back with them - except the rocks. In the past Bailey has proved himself as a player always prepared to put his club first, forfeiting a potential position on the end-of-season Kangaroo tour last year to have ear surgery. But, surely, it forfeits its religious significance when it is used as a weapon of destruction, to punish rather than to purify. The Government of Ireland Act had allowed for Northern Ireland to opt out of the Irish Free State, and there is precious little evidence to suggest that unionists were minded to forfeit this opportunity. If the ladies don't get some new members they will have to disband and forfeit the hour so don't be afraid and use the hour to display your skills and point scoring ability. But today it's hard to conceive of Edmontonians forfeiting their own livelihoods to benefit everyone, including strangers in a different province. Change your job or forfeit your promotion and you lose your identity, your status, the approval of your peers and the virtue associated with constant activity. The Pilot so forfeiting his position shall not be reinstated until a vacancy occurs, and then only at the discretion of the Commissioners on his presenting himself as a candidate in like manner as an Apprentice Pilot. If a parent wants to send their child to a grammar school but the application fails, the child forfeits a place at a higher performing comprehensive and risks ending up at a weaker school. At 59, Watson is a rarity, a photographer who has shot every glittering name on the A-list without forfeiting his own anonymity. Often he simply forfeits his royalties from manufacturers in exchange for products which end up in fans hands free-of-charge (the band merch, not the metal goods, that is). I drove forward to the entrance and gnawed my fingernails until a man parallel to me on the left honked and waved at me to go, forfeiting his turn through the intersection. He said that forfeiting the presidential race would be the least of his party's problems if Democrats are tied to any forgery scandal. Guarding your face meant forfeiting peripheral vision and risking a new sort of physical harm - unsympathetic players were known to prod and jab loose-fitting facial armor. Respecting the family name becomes an important theme, as doing well means giving your family a good name - even if it means forfeiting your own happiness. The minute it begins to out-whoop them it forfeits its character and becomes ridiculous. Synonyms surrender, relinquish, hand over, deliver up, part with, yield, sacrifice, give up, renounce, be stripped deprived of, be stripped of of, lose nounˈfɔrfətˈfôrfət 1A fine or penalty for wrongdoing or for a breach of the rules in a club or game. Example sentencesExamples And if you feel that the country is a threat to American freedom, smoking cigars from elsewhere seems a small forfeit. The loser selects a card of the winner's hand and must perform one of the forfeits (some of which are to remove items of clothing) depending on the number of times the pot was raised. For those that don't know, the forfeit, a bit of a traditional thing, involves doing a lap of the pitch at training. Just a week before the first ball is due to be bowled in the eighth cricket World Cup, the talk wasn't about champions and challengers yesterday but boycotts, riots, forfeits and fines. It can be agreed that the player or team that loses most games has to pay a forfeit, such as crawling under the table and crowing like a cockerel. If the flame should accidentally be extinguished during transfer, then the receiving player is eliminated from the game, and must pay a forfeit. Moreover a man is required by divine and positive law to submit to corporal punishment if he cannot pay the forfeit for any act he has committed. Count down - throw a ball to each other, but if you miss you must pay a forfeit. Here is something awesome, which dramatises and amplifies the idea that in some particularly heinous murders, only the forfeit of the killer's own life can pay the tariff for the crime. The director is either awarded a ‘banana’ or punished with a forfeit. Colleagues chased each other and the loser was then sponsored to complete a forfeit. Members of staff are nominated to pay forfeits if the team win a game by a three-goal margin, while the players are on the receiving end if they lose by four goals or more. In fact, many of them pay a forfeit to government as part of making their own choices: Homeschoolers pay taxes to support a public school system they do not use. I had pleasure taking forfeits of ladies who could not do their duty, by kissing of them. This states that a conviction is necessary before a fine or forfeit can be imposed. I thought that in a race, the loser has to pay a forfeit. His fate changes when he loses a bet and pays his forfeit by having his hair dyed platinum blonde. They have pledged to pay a forfeit to charity each time they made the error themselves. As with any Satanic deal there is a sting, a forfeit, a payback. Synonyms penalty, financial penalty, fine, fee, charge, sanction, punitive action, penance 1.1Law An item of property or a right or privilege lost as a legal penalty. Example sentencesExamples Otherwise, the forfeit demanded of me is illegal and void. If he steps outside, he has breached the sureties of forfeit. 1.2forfeits A game in which trivial penalties are exacted. 1.3 The action of forfeiting something. Example sentencesExamples Notwithstanding those performances, Forsyth conceded he may have to do the embarrassing end-of-season forfeit for players who finish the campaign try-less. There have been church commitments and family obligations and the like. Normally this isn't a problem, but when a team is down to six players, it means another forfeit. Lucia's indifference melted into a cautious glower, but Sondra only smiled and held up her hands in forfeit. ‘Whoa, girl, okay,’ he said, seeing my act and buying it, holding up his hands in forfeit. Leah suddenly realized something and shouted, ‘We win the race by forfeit!’ He reached for his constant-interruption controls but pulled back, remembering that such a move would result in automatic forfeit. Given the circumstances, it should come as no surprise that the Americans won their first game by forfeit. UEFA awarded Tuesday's victory to Milan as a 3-0 forfeit, with the team advancing 5-0 on aggregate. Their reserves won via forfeit against the Italians. And the New Jersey Americans' forfeit of a ‘playoff’ game is worth an article in itself. In meetings between the top three this season, leaving aside Thornlie's round one forfeit to Kenwick, the results have been full of interest. The other scheduled game saw Stormbirds win by forfeit over TDC. Fish & Neave's record climbed to 4-5, two of the wins by forfeit. HHH is celebrating and it seems that alliances have been made within the heels as Batista and Triple H shake hands and Batista gets on the mic and declares himself the winner by forfeit. They also lost 14-12 to Eastern Districts on May 7, but won by forfeit when the two sides were scheduled to play at Lone Pine Oval on July 9. adjectiveˈfɔrfətˈfôrfət predicative Lost or surrendered as a penalty for wrongdoing or neglect. the lands which he had acquired were automatically forfeit Example sentencesExamples The company was granted the licence on the payment of a deposit of i5,000 which would be forfeit if the company did not comply with the requirements of the licence. Both played in the team's opening game against Columneetza which resulted in a forfeit loss. Alfred's law declared that a man's life and property were forfeit if he plotted against the king. The Bronx Irishmen had previously beaten Manhattan Kickers and received a forfeit win over CD Iberia. The Bench ordered that the net and rabbits should be forfeit. He had indicated in court that he would not prevent the girl's return to Britain and had persuaded the court to remove a £1m bond that would have been forfeit. So I simply had him tell the country simpleton that half his lands were forfeit under the Catholic property restrictions! It did not mean that statutory authority to discharge into the sewage works became forfeit upon proof of a nuisance. In an age where trust and faith in God and governments are forfeit, humanity, expressed through fear, is the last bond of the race. This was a major offense, punishable by death, and his life and domain were therefore forfeit, leading to the famous vendetta. How does that work with condemnation of forfeit goods? If the copyright holder does not pay the tax for 3 years, then the work is forfeit to the public domain. The only faintly sinister moment in my new nirvana was when we were told that we couldn't unplug the set-top box's phone link to Sky headquarters, otherwise our contract would be forfeit. Now the initially agreed sales targets are not being met, there is talk of the franchise being forfeit. Let's face it, the Red Sox are a bigger reason than Hurricane Frances as to why the Yankees were seeking a forfeit victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Monday. As a result of the delay and in accordance with the provisions in the regulations, the security was declared forfeit. The plants and cultivation system were forfeit. Yeah, he has a lot of ideas, but without being supported by the Americans, his life would be forfeit. Breakaways had a double win this weekend with their on-court 38-23 victory over Tribes followed by a forfeit victory over All Saints from their game held over from the first round. In the event, finance could not be raised in time, and the deposit of £40,000 was forfeit under the terms of Moore's contract. Origin Middle English (originally denoting a crime or transgression, hence a fine): from Old French forfet, forfait, past participle of forfaire ‘transgress’, from for- ‘out’ (from Latin foris ‘outside’) + faire ‘do’ (from Latin facere).
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