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
Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Six teams were removed from the playoffs via forfeits for having ineligible players who broke CIF rule 600 by playing in an outside competition during their season.
—Eric Sondheimer
columnist
follow, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026
According to the report, Profar will forfeit his $15 million salary and will be ineligible for the postseason as well as the World Baseball Classic, where he was set to play for the Netherlands.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Gochis also spent more time training rather than accepting forfeit wins against inexperienced and overmatched wrestlers.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Six teams were removed from the playoffs via forfeits for having ineligible players who broke CIF rule 600 by playing in an outside competition during their season.
—Eric Sondheimer
columnist
follow, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
If venue personnel deem any person to be a threat, or otherwise unfit, in their sole discretion, he or she will not be permitted access and shall forfeit the prize.
—AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026
According to the report, Profar will forfeit his $15 million salary and will be ineligible for the postseason as well as the World Baseball Classic, where he was set to play for the Netherlands.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forfeit
Noun
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Minnesota killing off a late-period penalty was about the only highlight for Wild fans, who went to the second intermission a bit stunned at the deficit facing their team.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2026
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There are other conditions and penalties the writer has failed to consider.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Twenty-year-old Taha Habroune had his first goal of the season and the second of his career waived off for Nashville in the 18th minute when Max Arfsten was caught offside after a video review.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Joint representation allows the university, the athletes and their lawyers to freely share information without waiving attorney-client privilege, while cutting and simplifying the process for covering legal costs.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Fine’s husband, Michael, lost an arm after a car crash in 2010, setting off her yearslong work on health care legislation.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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This is the mayor’s second attempt at a higher office, after losing a 2018 bid for governor against Pritzker.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
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The result was a promise to get rid of a handful of concert venues and pay $280 million in fines.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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But the court refused to add civility requirements to the bar’s Rules of Professional Conduct, violations of which can be punished by fines, suspension and even disbarment.—
Bob Egelko,
San Francisco Chronicle,
16 Mar. 2026
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Musk is seeking as much as $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft — a staggering amount, that if awarded, would be one of the largest verdicts in history.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Her experience appears to be increasingly rare, as the Russian business newspaper Kommersant estimated in a report last week that just five days of outages caused 3 billion to 5 billion rubles ($37 million to $62 million) in damages to Moscow businesses.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Last fall, federal authorities announced a wave of criminal indictments, forfeitures, sanctions and asset freezes targeting North Korea’s illicit cyber activity.—
Lisa Cavazuti,
NBC news,
15 Mar. 2026
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Of note, Alex Meruelo was the Coyotes’ owner from 2019-24, so there was no ownership change between the time of the infraction and the draft pick forfeiture.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Forfeit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forfeit. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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