forfeiture
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A district judge in Llandudno earlier approved a forfeiture application by North Wales Police to confiscate the contents of his bank accounts.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
PleasrDAO’s attorney, Steven Cooper, said that Shkreli gave up all rights in the album in the criminal forfeiture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
The government has also said it will scrap something called "forfeiture".
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026
Under those terms, Gentile may not have to pay $15 million that federal prosecutors are seeking in forfeiture.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
At the time the new rules were adopted, the law governing civil forfeiture was so heavily weighted in favor of the government that fully 80 percent of forfeitures went uncontested.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing forfeiture
The Constitution of the United States
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