Forfeiture
['fɔːfɪtʃə(r)] or ['fɔrfətʃɚ]
Definition
(n.) The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act.
(n.) That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Loss (by some offence, &c.).[2]. Fine, mulct, amercement, penalty, forfeit.
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Examples
- If imported in ships of any other country, the penalty is forfeiture of ship and goods. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Besides the forfeiture of the goods, the exporter incurs the penalty of 3s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Into the question how far conduct, especially in the matter of alliances, constitutes a forfeiture of family claims, I do not now enter. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In the case of a war, the very first act of hostility on the part of the debtor nation might be the forfeiture of the funds of its credit. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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