forfeit

Etymology
from ca. 1300, from, originally the past participle of , and Medieval Latin. During the 15th century, the sense shifted from the crime to the penalty for the crime.

Noun

 * 1) A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.
 * 2) A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc.
 * He who murders pays the forfeit of his own life.
 * 1) Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game.
 * 2)  Injury; wrong; mischief.
 * 3) * a. 1789,, Siege of Nicopolis
 * to seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit
 * 1)  Injury; wrong; mischief.
 * 2) * a. 1789,, Siege of Nicopolis
 * to seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Irish:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: penále, pokuta
 * Spanish: penalización
 * Ukrainian: неусто́йка, штраф, пеня́, розпла́та


 * Catalan:
 * French:
 * Galician: prenda
 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1) To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
 * 2) To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules
 * 3) To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
 * 4) To fail to keep an obligation.
 * 5)  Of government officials: to legally remove property from its previous owners.
 * 1) To fail to keep an obligation.
 * 2)  Of government officials: to legally remove property from its previous owners.
 * 1)  Of government officials: to legally remove property from its previous owners.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, лишавам се от
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Danish:, , fortabe
 * Dutch:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ido: ,
 * Latin: perdo
 * Persian: از دست دادن
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: caill
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: prepadnúť, stratiť
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:


 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech: prohrát kontumačně
 * Dutch: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: render-se, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: vzdať
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: förlora på, lämna

Adjective

 * 1) Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

Translations

 * German:
 * Swedish: