Definitions for forfeits

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forfeits for·feit

Spelling: [fawr-fit]

IPA: /ˈfɔr fɪt/

Forfeits is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 281 anagrams from letters in forfeits (effiorst).

Definitions for forfeits

noun

1. a fine; penalty.
2. an act of forfeiting; forfeiture.
3. something to which the right is lost, as for commission of a crime or misdeed, neglect of duty, or violation of a contract.
4. an article deposited in a game because of a mistake and redeemable by a fine or penalty.
5. forfeits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which such articles are taken from the players.

adjective

1. lost or subject to loss by forfeiture.

verb (used with object)

1. to subject to seizure as a forfeit.
2. to lose or become liable to lose, as in consequence of crime, fault, or breach of engagement.

Origin of forfeits

1250-1300; Middle English forfet Old French (past participle of forfaire to commit crime, to lose possession or right through a criminal act) Medieval Latin forīs factum penalty, past partici

Examples for forfeits

Last September, Sexton pleaded guilty in New York state court to money laundering and agreed to forfeit $600,000.

Going to tell her that you will forfeit your passage money and hers?

By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little you gain the great.

Crackpots eventually reveal themselves as such, and forfeit their influence in consequence.

I am a loser also; the forfeit money bequeathed to me is gone.

Individuals who are found to store their weapons unsafely could forfeit for a time their ownership rights.

Is there anything Zarif could do to forfeit his credentials as a “moderate”?

Looking at it in the worst light, he has been guilty of nothing to forfeit his right.

To risk eye contact with any of the above is to forfeit all singles in your wallet.

He is jeopardizing all our lives, and his own has been forfeit these years.