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forfeiture

[fawr-fi-cher] / ˈfɔr fɪ tʃər /
NOUN
abandonment
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STRONG


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In 2019, he surrendered more than $700 million in assets—including properties in Beverly Hills, New York and London—in a civil forfeiture settlement with U.S. authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The London ICC told the BBC the allegation that it teaches that leaving the church results in forfeiture of salvation is "utterly false".

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Civil forfeiture allows the U.S. to seize the illicit cargo and the tanker itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 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

In 2000, Congress passed the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act, which was meant to address many of the egregious examples of abuse of civil forfeiture.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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