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
Dan Albano, Oc Register, 25 Nov. 2025
In 2021, Nolan forfeit three games due to use of ineligible players and, in 2023, the program failed to win a game.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2025
Steve Buckley, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Lose an ounce, and their lives are forfeit.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The seniors have overcame a coaching change and controversial forfeit against Pacifica last season.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 25 Nov. 2025
In 2021, Nolan forfeit three games due to use of ineligible players and, in 2023, the program failed to win a game.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Patriots also had to forfeit their first pick in the 2008 NFL Draft.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Lose an ounce, and their lives are forfeit.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forfeit
Noun
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The Lightning won the game in a penalty shootout thanks to goals from Kucherov, Gage Goncalves and Jake Guentzel.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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His detractors, however, criticize the mayor for focusing on short-term housing for the homeless at the expense of long-term solutions, threatening to arrest homeless people, and supporting Proposition 36, which Newsom opposed, that toughened penalties against repeat drug and theft offenses.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The company is now seeking a 24-month extension, to July 2028, or for the FCC to waive its deadline requiring Amazon to get roughly half of its 3,236 low Earth satellites up.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2026
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Video on social media showed cars skidding out of control after police waived them around a wreck on Independence Boulevard.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The Republican primary field also includes Brown, Michele Morrow, who won a surprise 2024 primary before narrowly losing statewide, along with Margot Dupre, Richard Dansie, Elizabeth Temple, and Thomas Johnson.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Feb. 2026
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The decline in future spending commitments is projected to lead to 670,000 and 1,600,000 lives lost annually.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There's no deadline for the bloc to resolve the case, which could end in either X pledging to change its behavior or a hefty fine.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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In a comparable case in the United States in 2023, a federal judge imposed $5,000 fines on two lawyers and a law firm after ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research in an aviation injury claim.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Court records indicate the case went to trial in 2017 and the jury found that while Page was negligent, that negligence was not the cause of damages suffered by Miller.—
Clark Kauffman,
Des Moines Register,
28 Jan. 2026
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Texas Business Courts were created in 2024 to take on complex business litigation in cases seeking more than $5 million in damages.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Jan. 2026
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Failure to submit a complete W-9 or equivalent will result in forfeiture of the Prize.—
AJC.com,
AJC.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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In November, the Department of Justice seized approximately 73,000 products containing 7-OH from three Kansas City warehouses operated by Sanders in connection to a civil forfeiture case.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Forfeit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forfeit. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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