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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 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
In her response, Leavitt said the vessel is “currently undergoing a forfeiture process.”
From MarketWatch • Dec. 13, 2025
The Justice Department also filed the largest forfeiture action in its history, seizing approximately 127,271 Bitcoin worth around $15 billion at current prices.
From Barron's • Oct. 14, 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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Stamp Act (1765)
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The Merchant of Venice
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