forfeiture
Loss through violation
Forfeiture is the loss of property, money, or rights as a penalty for wrongdoing or breach of obligation.
In legal contexts, assets may be subject to forfeiture when connected to criminal activity: The drug dealer faced forfeiture of his cars and cash.
Civil forfeiture allows governments to seize property suspected of involvement in crime, sometimes without criminal charges against the owner.
Seizure by authority
- asset seizureLegal taking of property
- escheatState inherits heirless estates
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- asset recoveryRetrieving misappropriated or hidden wealth
property seizure · dispossession · attachment · sequestration · distraint · impoundment · garnishment · levy
Cease resistance, yield
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
abandonment · concession · yielding · cession · handover · release · disclaimer · disavowal
State of lacking necessities
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- downfallSudden loss of power
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
sacrifice · cost · toll · price · bankruptcy · insolvency · liquidation · destitution
Acceptable in quality
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- consequenceResult of an action
- damagesCompensation for injury
reparation · mulct · sentence · judgment · deterrent · retribution · censure · reprimand
confiscation
Seizure by authority
- asset seizureLegal taking of property
- escheatState inherits heirless estates
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
asset recovery · property seizure · dispossession · attachment · sequestration · distraint · impoundment · garnishment · levy · decree
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
abdication · abandonment · concession · yielding · cession · handover · release · disclaimer · disavowal · vacating
deprivation
State of lacking necessities
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- downfallSudden loss of power
impoverishment · sacrifice · cost · toll · price · bankruptcy · insolvency · liquidation · destitution · hardship
fine
Acceptable in quality
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- consequenceResult of an action
damages · reparation · mulct · sentence · judgment · deterrent · retribution · censure · reprimand · infraction
- prize lawprize court, prize money, prize fund, war prize, condemnation
- rentingtenant, landlord, rent, rental, renter
- contest rulesofficial rules, terms, conditions, restrictions, limitations
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
- lossesblood loss, hair loss, hearing loss, job loss, memory loss
forfeitureacquisition
Act of obtaining something
gain · acquirement · attainment · receipt · award
forfeiturerestitution
Restoring what was lost
restoration · recovery · reinstatement · return · reclamation
forfeitureretention
Continued holding or possession
keeping · preservation · maintenance · holding · safeguarding
- civil forfeitureGovernment confiscation without criminal charges
- asset forfeitureLegal property seizure