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• I forfeited my inheritance and married outside my parents' faith.From the entry marry
• O, Life, pack up your plushen ploys — I'll forfeit all for my four boys!2013, Cledith Cassidy Tolbert, A Mother's Hands, page 89. From the entry plushen
• Companies “are increasingly covering more complicated forms of compensation that executives forfeited from prior jobs,” says Hodgson.2007 June 15, Elizabeth MacDonald, “Gilded Greetings”, in forbes.com, retrieved 28 Jan 2014. From the entry make whole
• If he ran now, leaving Zygmunt to forfeit the hundred, he'd have to stay on the run.1949, Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm. From the entry c-note
• Any Protestant who became a Catholic forfeited his whole hereditable estate to the nearest Protestant heir.1913, “Penal Laws”, in Catholic Encyclopedia. From the entry hereditable
• But oh, what a little miserable pleasure that is in comparison with the rapture I have forfeited!1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company…. From the entry thistledown
• We conclude that the government has forfeited any claim of forfeiture, so we proceed to consider the merits.2020 November 20, Eric D. Miller writing for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in U.S. v. Ngumezi, case 19-10243. From the entry forfeiture
• Sovereignty should inhere in the people and not the government, so governments forfeit sovereignty when they commit crimes against humanity.5 January 2009, John Kraemer, Larry Gostin, The Guardian. From the entry inhere
• All he has — not much — is forfeit to the king, and he is entitled to nothing but a traitorʼs death.2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 216. From the entry attaint
• According to Gorsky, a new mucous membrane would be photosensitive, restoring the body’s evolutionarily forfeited ability to see with its entire surface.2018 March, Natalya Serkova, “Learning from Machines, Seeing with a Thousand Eyes: On the Relevance of Russian Cosmism”, in e-flux, number…. From the entry paroptic
• And who says that should a policy holder of an annuity dies before the principal sum is exhausted, the balance is forfeited?2007 August 21, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet). From the entry win liao lor
• The soldiers could be charged with wilful disobeying of orders, which could lead to dishonourable discharge, forfeit of pay and up to five years' confinement.2004 October 16, Dan Glaister, “Doubts about US morale in Iraq as troops refuse 'suicide mission'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry dishonorable discharge
• The firm you dealt with will go to the courts, and the money, being directly traceable, will be held forfeit as no good consideration passed.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry consideration
• Your identity as an ailurophile (cat lover) is confirmed by cat hair on your clothes, but that is a distinction that most of us will gladly forfeit.2005, Dan Rice, Bengal Cats: Everything about Purchase, Care, Nutrition, Breeding, Health Care and Behavior, page 53. From the entry ailurophile
• If the bailee fails to appear at trial, he or she forfeits the full bond amount and must still stand trial — if he or she is ever located.2002, David Levinson, Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, volume 1, page 95. From the entry bailee
• Those who hesitate risk being "amazoned," forfeiting business to an Internet newcomer, in the way that bookstore chains have lost ground to Amazon.com Inc., the online bookseller.1998 November 4, George Anders, “Discomfort Zone: Some Big Companies Long to Embrace Web But Settle for Flirtation — They Fear Online…. From the entry amazon
• Elsewhere on the circuit, Ryo's ZX-7RR had run out of gas and Russell darted past, only to run wide on the final lap, forfeiting the podium position.1997 November, Cycle World Magazine, page 95. From the entry podium position
• For example, the fact that the PRC must choose between using force to conquer Taiwan and forfeiting its relationship with the United States is the best guarantee of Taipei's security.1992, Richard Nixon, “The Pacific Triangle”, in Seize the Moment, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 170. From the entry conquer

Meaning of forfeit

1. noun A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.
2. noun A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc.
3. noun Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game.

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How do you use forfeit in a sentence?

Forfeit is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “He who murders pays the forfeit of his own life.”

What is a short sentence with forfeit?

“He who murders pays the forfeit of his own life.”

What does forfeit mean?

Forfeit means a penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.