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[syn: confiscate, forfeit, forfeited]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Forfeit \For"feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forfeited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Forfeiting.] [OE. forfeten. See Forfeit, n.]
To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense,
or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be
deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some
neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to
forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before
the one acquiring what is forfeited.
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[They] had forfeited their property by their crimes.
--Burke.
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Undone and forfeited to cares forever! --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
forfeited
adj 1: surrendered as a penalty [syn: confiscate, forfeit,
forfeited]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "forfeited":
ablated, by the board, consumed, depleted, dissipated, eroded,
expended, forfeit, gone, irretrievable, long-lost, lost, lost to,
out the window, shrunken, squandered, used, used up, wasted,
worn away