Thesaurus results for FORFEITURES

forfeitures

noun

plural of forfeiture

as in fines

a sum of money to be paid as a punishment the forfeiture for early withdrawal of the investment savings will be an amount equal to 10 percent of the investment

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Recent Examples of forfeitures The brothers in their appeal were attacking the sentences and forfeitures from many angles. —

Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026 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 The revelation led to medal forfeitures, and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) also suspended the International Sports Federation for Persons with an Intellectual Disability (INAS), now known as Virtus, in 2001. —

ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026 The federal Victims of Crime Act fund, or VOCA, is funded by fines, penalties and bond forfeitures from convictions in federal cases. —

Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 21 Jan. 2026 The men were ordered to pay a total of $4,571,800 in restitution to the Michigan Department of Transportation, along with forfeitures totaling $4,073,200, the district attorney's office said. —

Paula Wethington, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025

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Noun

The new legislation’s expansion of corporate powers allowing nonprofits to impose fines or penalties if authorized by their governing documents and establish payment terms will also benefit associations.

— Evonne Andris, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
The bill, approved by Parliament in late January, establishes strict criminal penalties calibrated to the severity of the offense, including prison sentences ranging from six months to ten years and fines of up to €300,000 in the most serious cases.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 9 Apr. 2026