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
In July 2025, Cadence Design Systems agreed to pay $95 million to the BIS and in fines and forfeitures to the Department of Justice.
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Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 May 2026
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
Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 May 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forfeitures
Noun
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The ordinance will take effect in 30 days and it will be followed by a 60-day grace period before citations and fines can be issued.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
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The Boston Housing Authority faced fines from the Massachusetts Architectural Access Board this week after what advocates and residents have called persistent elevator issues in the South End’s Ruth Barkley Apartments over nearly three years.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2026
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In 2019, the California Department of Industrial Relations filed a request in Orange County Superior Court that a judge order the company to pay $2,898 in unpaid civil penalties.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2026
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The court ruled that the IRS has the authority to assess those penalties administratively, meaning the agency does not have to sue first before trying to collect.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Forfeitures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forfeitures. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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