0 to lose the right to do or have something because you have broken a rule:
1 something that you have lost the right to do or have because you have broken a rule
2 taken away from someone as a punishment
3 to give up or lose something because you cannot do something that the rules or the law says you must do:
4 to lose the right to have or do something because you have not obeyed a rule or law:
Over several years, the district forfeited $51 million by failing to spend the money within the deadlines set by the government.
forfeit a claim/right (to sth/to do sth) She forfeited her right to benefits because she did not notify the authorities of her change in circumstances.
forfeit sth to sb/sth Illegally shipped cigarettes will be seized and forfeited to the state.
6 something that you lose the right to have or do because you have failed to obey a rule or law:
The departure of the subject from that autobiography forfeits its authenticating uniquity, but it is still life, of a sort.
Whatever may have happened, it was treated as an act of war and in these circumstances the perpetrators forfeited all rights.
Only two prisoners refused the offer of early release in exchange for forfeiting their fee as volunteers.
Licenses of vessels which become involved in trespassing and encroachment into the jurisdictional waters of other countries are forfeited and not reissued.
Twenty-six candidates polled 74,824 votes, all but five of them forfeiting their deposits.
In the case of a third or subsequent birth, a substantial sum is forfeited, ostensibly to pay for maternity services.
In the process, both individuality and nonage-related group identities are backgrounded or forfeited altogether.
Further, opportunities for direct action may be forfeited and communities may suffer the consequences of false hope.
中文繁体
(因違規而)喪失,被沒收, (因違規而造成的)罰金,喪失物, 被罰的…
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(因违规而)丧失,被没收, (因违规而造成的)罚金,丧失物, 被罚的…
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perder el derecho a, perder…
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perder o direito a, perder…
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hakkını yitirmek/kaybetmek, yoksun kalmak…
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perdre le bénéfice de, pénalité, perdre…
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pokuta, ztratit, propadlý…
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pris, miste, mistet…
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