How to Use forfeiture in a Sentence

forfeiture

noun
Definition of forfeiturenext
Synonyms for forfeiturenext
  • The yacht is now going through the forfeiture process in court.
    — Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ, 6 June 2022
  • The company has agreed to pay $778 million in fines and forfeiture as part of the plea deal.
    — Robert Legare, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The government will now try to prove in court the items are subject to forfeiture.
    — NBC News, 5 Nov. 2020
  • With the current December 31st deadline looming and a forfeiture of the salt to the CT.
    — Jon Lender, courant.com, 21 Nov. 2020
  • And the oligarchs can, of course, contest both the seizure and any forfeiture in court, with the cases often dragging on for years.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The indictment also seeks forfeiture of the handgun and $1,020 seized from Davis at the time of his arrest.
    — courant.com, 19 Jan. 2022
  • He was then found to be driving on a license forfeiture.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The court issued Scheller a letter of reprimand and a forfeiture of $5,000 pay for one month.
    — Lisa Bennatan, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The house on Randall Mill is now subject to forfeiture and sale by the government.
    — Danny Robbins, ajc, 7 Oct. 2022
  • As part of its guilty plea, Lafarge agreed to pay nearly $800 million in fines and forfeiture to the United States.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Home, as part of its $1.6 billion forfeiture claim of assets.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Due to her license forfeiture that was still in effect, her car was removed from the scene by a valid driver.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Barnes' campaign agreed to pay a forfeiture to the state Ethics Commission for the excessive amount.
    — Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 July 2021
  • Police seized nearly $2,000 in cash and say that it will be used for asset forfeiture.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
  • To understand the way that civil asset forfeiture works in this country is to be shocked by it.
    — Isaac Schorr, National Review, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Haines said that both appeared in court Wednesday, but Lane was removed from the complaint for forfeiture.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Moreno said his players are handling the forfeiture well and already were in the weight room Thursday to get ready for summer baseball.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2022
  • He was sentenced to 25 years in prison in March and also was ordered to pay $11 billion in forfeiture by Kaplan.
    — Mackenzie Sigalos,dan Mangan,dawn Giel, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
  • But the sixth — to seize the store’s business equipment for forfeiture — was highly unusual.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The grand jury also said that a gun seized from Brock’s home, a .22-caliber revolver, is subject to forfeiture.
    — Mark Scolforo, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2024
  • As part of a plea agreement, Shah will pay $6.5 million in forfeiture and up to $9.5 million in restitution.
    — Kara Scannell, CNN, 11 July 2022
  • Scurry-Rosser plays Mildred this to close out its regular season and clinched a playoff berth and the No. 2 seed due to the forfeiture.
    — Dallas News, 24 Oct. 2022
  • About the long fingers of politicians, Will rightly devotes a lot of space to the horror that is civil asset forfeiture.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The Leon Valley council had called a special meeting to hold a forfeiture hearing on Oct. 5.
    — Scott Huddleston, ExpressNews.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The plea agreement also calls for the forfeiture of 18 homes the brothers bought in Northeast Ohio, including nine in Euclid.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Bids were obtained for the three vehicles purchased from the asset forfeiture funds.
    — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The judge ordered Shkreli to forfeit the album and other assets to pay the forfeiture judgment.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 28 July 2021
  • Martinez was removed from office through a process known as forfeiture in 2019 by a vote of two council members.
    — Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2021
  • If a person is charged with a Class A misdemeanor for the crime, the bill also allows civil forfeiture of the vehicle.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Earlier this year, a U.S. court sentenced him to 90 months in prison and ordered him to pay more than $6 million in forfeiture and more than $5 million in restitution.
    — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 10 Oct. 2024

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