forfeited

5.4

Taken away as a punishment for breaking a rule or law

adjective
/ˈfɔrˌfɪtɪd/

: perdido

The company must return all forfeited funds to the investors after the ruling.

Examples

The tournament organizers announced that forfeited matches would not be replayed.
His license was forfeited after the DUI.
His forfeited driver’s license will not be reinstated for another year.
Why was the prize forfeited?
After he failed to follow the safety regulations, his forfeited rights to compete in the championship were announced.
The athlete faced severe penalties as he had forfeited his eligibility to participate due to a doping violation.
As a result of numerous violations, the team had to accept the forfeited games and their standings were adjusted accordingly.

Synonyms

forfeit

vsforfeited

4 6.8

Taken away as a punishment or by law

is the past participle adjective form used to describe penalty loss

lost

vsforfeited

1 1.0

Gone for good and impossible to get back

is loss from rule breaking that may be recoverable

confiscate

vsforfeited

6.9

Property taken by the authorities as a punishment

is removed as punishment but not necessarily by official authority

Antonyms

secure

318 3.2

Protected from danger or from people trying to break in

retained

3.8

Something a person still remembers, uses, or keeps

How Lost

forfeited

5.4

forfeit

4 6.8

forfeitable

1 7.0

intact

304 3.7

Surface Forms

forfeited positive

Morphology

forfeited = forfeit (transparent) = forfeit + ed

This is the regular past-participle/adjectival form of the verb 'forfeit', so the meaning is directly predictable from the base verb.

Etymology

Forfeited comes from old parts: for- meaning 'away' and -feit from a root meaning 'to make' (the same root you see in factory and perfect). So a forfeited thing is something 'made away' or taken away as a penalty for breaking a rule.