forfeitures
Penalties taking property
Forfeitures are things lost as a penalty or consequence of wrongdoing.
In legal contexts, the term typically refers to property or money seized by authorities: The drug forfeitures included two cars and a boat.
Criminal forfeitures follow convictions; civil forfeitures can occur without charges, a practice critics call legalized theft.
The word also covers losses from breaking contracts or rules: Forfeitures of deposits totaled thousands.
Forcible taking or convulsion
- confiscationSeizure by authority
- penaltiesPunishments for infractions
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
surrender · loss · dispossession · judgments · court-ordered · civil · criminal · statutory
Owned items of value
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- bondsTies that unite
- depositsMaterial settled or stored
- escrowConditional third-party deposit
collateral · securities · accounts · funds · penalties · losses · write-offs · liquidation
Minimally polite
- assetItem of value owned
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- proceedsRevenue from a transaction
treasury · customs · smuggling · trafficking · narcotics · racketeering · money laundering · RICO
Breaking of agreement
- defaultPreset standard option
- nonperformanceFailure to fulfill obligation
- terminationAct of ending something
- cancellationVoiding of plans
penalties · clauses · provisions · conditions · remedies · damages · restitution · obligations
Risked money on outcomes
- wagersStakes risked on outcomes
- stakesPosts or wagers
- chipsThin fried slices
- winningsMoney gained from betting
disqualification · violations · rules · tournaments · matches · competitions · purses · prizes
seizure
Forcible taking or convulsion
- confiscationSeizure by authority
- penaltiesPunishments for infractions
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
relinquishment · surrender · loss · dispossession · judgments · court-ordered · civil · criminal · statutory · mandatory
assets
Owned items of value
escrow · collateral · securities · accounts · funds · penalties · losses · write-offs · liquidation · recovery
civil
Minimally polite
- assetItem of value owned
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
proceeds · treasury · customs · smuggling · trafficking · narcotics · racketeering · money laundering · RICO · DEA
breach
Breaking of agreement
- defaultPreset standard option
- nonperformanceFailure to fulfill obligation
- terminationAct of ending something
cancellation · penalties · clauses · provisions · conditions · remedies · damages · restitution · obligations · covenants
bets
Risked money on outcomes
winnings · disqualification · violations · rules · tournaments · matches · competitions · purses · prizes · entry fees
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- rejectionsno, rejection letter, refusal, denial letter, decline
- punishment historycapital punishment, death penalty, execution, beheading, hanging
- punishmentsjail, prison, timeout, grounded, fine
- revenuegross revenue, net revenue, total revenue, revenue streams, sales revenue
- Courts-Martialcourt martial, military court, court proceedings, judge advocate, convening authority
forfeituresrewards
Benefits given for merit
bonuses · prizes · awards · perks · incentives
forfeituresretentions
Acts of keeping possession
preservations · holdings · possessions · maintenances · recoveries
- civil forfeitureGovernment confiscation without criminal charges
- asset forfeitureLegal property seizure