as in penalty
a sum of money to be paid as a punishment
the forfeit for each baseball player involved in the brawl was $5,000
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Recent Examples of forfeit
Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
Phillips also ordered McKie to pay a little more than $44,000 in restitution and forfeit about $286,000.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Along with the forfeits of the two victories in which Coan played (he was injured much of the season), the running back was ordered to sit out the first five games of the 1961 season.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
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Noun
In the region, Israel would almost certainly forfeit any hope of expanding the Abraham Accords to Saudi Arabia and other neighbors, especially after its recent airstrike on Hamas leaders in Qatar.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
Phillips also ordered McKie to pay a little more than $44,000 in restitution and forfeit about $286,000.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
Their game against Bishop Montgomery was canceled, a Bishop Montgomery forfeit.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Along with the forfeits of the two victories in which Coan played (he was injured much of the season), the running back was ordered to sit out the first five games of the 1961 season.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forfeit
Noun
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Ahead of Game 2, with his college career on the brink and the Terriers down another key forward in Tomlinson due to a Game 1 penalty, Sullivan approached Parker.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Following their 7-0 preseason loss to the Florida Panthers on Saturday — a game which featured 322 penalty minutes, 65 total penalties, and 16 player ejections — the Lightning were fined $100,000 and head coach Jon Cooper fined $25,000.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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McMahon has encouraged states to ask her to waive rules on spending the money.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Fishing in Bella Vista is normally only for Property Owners Association members and their guests, but that has been waived for the tournament.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's most recent analysis from June estimates 16 million Americans will lose their health care coverage by 2034 due to the cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.—
Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Many argue that Japan is at risk of losing its way of life, or that Japanese workers are being edged out of jobs.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Yet leadership just issues fines and looks the other way.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Judge Arun Subrahmanian also issued a fine of $500,000 on Combs - the maximum possible for his crime.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The daycare owners also signed away their right to sue for flood damages, but the state did not place a restrictive covenant on their remaining property.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Around $150,000 in attorney’s fees, damages and more, actually.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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First, contact a lawyer who has experience with asset forfeiture.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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The judge imposed a forfeiture judgment of $22 million, per prosecutors.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Forfeit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forfeit. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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