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 federal Victims of Crime Act fund, or VOCA, is funded by fines, penalties and bond forfeitures from convictions in federal cases.
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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
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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In other words, there isn’t a link between a schedule for monetary fines and NIL or revenue share.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Nonresidents will pay more to visit Balboa Park museums and city restaurants, for the toilet paper bought at Costco or beauty products at the mall, for traffic violation fines, more for the balloon animals from street vendors.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Jan. 2026
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Increasingly, schools in California excessively coddle students by neglecting to impose penalties for late work, eliminating the possibility for a failing grade, and unlimited opportunities to redo exams and assignments.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
31 Jan. 2026
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Subsequent offenses, or charges that involve injuries, deaths or damage, could face tougher penalties.—
Josh Funk,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Forfeitures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forfeitures. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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