forfeiture
Example Sentences
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After Shkreli forfeited the album, the federal government sold it to help cover $7.4 million in forfeiture that a judge ordered him to pay.
The government has also said it will scrap something called "forfeiture".
From BBC
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
Civil forfeiture allows the U.S. to seize the illicit cargo and the tanker itself.
The government has stated that the forfeitures were aimed at returning more cash to investors, many of whom haven’t gotten any money from their investments in more than 10 years.
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