Definitions for forfeit

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forfeit for·feit

Spelling: [fawr-fit]

IPA: /ˈfɔr fɪt/

Forfeit is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in forfeit (effiort).

Definitions for forfeit

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 forfeit

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 forfeit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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