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
Cecil Joyce, Murfreesboro Daily News Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
Resistance to trans athlete participation is believed to have prompted other volleyball forfeits at the varsity level across the state dating back to last year.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
Licensing officials also allow educators under investigation to forfeit their credentials in exchange for avoiding in-depth probes.
—Danielle Duclos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The seven wins would tie the 2021 team that won a first-round playoff game, but also had a COVID-19 forfeit victory.
—Cecil Joyce, Murfreesboro Daily News Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
Resistance to trans athlete participation is believed to have prompted other volleyball forfeits at the varsity level across the state dating back to last year.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Lancers will forfeit their wins over Northwestern in Florida and Rancho Cucamonga, their first two games of this season.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
Licensing officials also allow educators under investigation to forfeit their credentials in exchange for avoiding in-depth probes.
—Danielle Duclos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forfeit
Noun
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Campaign ads, showing images of flash-mob robberies, promised voters that harsher penalties would put an end to basic items being locked away in display cases and funnel people repeatedly arrested for drug offenses in treatment.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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If convicted, a person could face between 10 and 25 years in prison, depending on who the person is to the child and whether the child has a disability, among other factors that could increase penalties.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Sonny Gray, Willson Contreras and Nolan Arenado, who blocked a trade to Houston last offseason but could be open to waiving his no-trade clause this winter.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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For DoorDash users, the delivery and service fees were waived at eligible stores in Arizona—including Sprouts, Smart & Final, Dollar General, El Super, and Food City —for the entire month of November.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Britain ultimately lost not only because of Washington’s extraordinary tenacity in the war’s several mainland theaters, but also because the king’s men had to stage long sieges, wage desperate naval battles, and take mounting casualties on too many other fronts spread too far apart.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Department stores have been losing market share for decades, first to big-box discounters like Walmart and Target in the 1980’s and 90’s, and more recently to Amazon.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The new fines and allegations are the latest controversy to flare up around Boring Company.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Failure to comply could result in a contempt order, which can lead to fines or potentially force the businesses to shut down.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
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Jurors were also tasked with deciding whether Zwerner was negligent and caused any of her own damages; if so, she would be barred from recovering any money from Parker, the judge instructed the jury.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Martinez is seeking over $135,000 in damages for her arrest.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Korf and Laber have asked a federal judge in Florida’s Southern District to dismiss the DOJ’s forfeiture case, citing the Ukrainian judgments.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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But he was cited for refusing to take an intoxication test after arrest, a license forfeiture offense.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Forfeit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forfeit. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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