(n.) The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act.
(n.) That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.
Example Sentences:
(1) David Cameron said: "I welcome the forfeiture committee's decision on Fred Goodwin's knighthood.
(2) The lack of information, revealed in a letter outlining the terms of the job offer and seen by the Guardian along with Lewis’s contract, meant the company was “unable to calculate the forfeiture values”.
(3) The penalty, which is subject to court approval, is the "largest ever bank forfeiture and largest ever [Department of Justice] penalty for a Bank Secrecy Act violation," according to the attorney’s office.
(4) A further amendment tabled by another 11 MPs, including Richard Fuller and Michelle Thomson, calls on the house’s honours forfeiture committee to recommend Green’s knighthood “be cancelled and annulled”.
(5) "I know the CQC are looking into disciplinary procedures and what can be done: what sanctions are available; whether you can have forfeiture of pensions, all those things.
(6) But the prime minister’s spokesman said Green’s knighthood was a matter for the forfeiture committee: “It’s a completely independent body and it doesn’t give us any guidance on what it is looking at.
(7) In theory a points forfeiture could dictate that Gus Poyet's side were relegated rather than, as seems most likely, Norwich, but the so called "gang of three" appear to have overlooked the formidable strength of Sunderland's potential defence.
(8) The Conservative MP Matthew Hancock backed the forfeiture committee decision but called for the heads of banks responsible for systemic failure also to be subject to criminal gross negligence charges.
(9) The US Department of Treasury is issuing a policy similar to the justice department’s for its forfeiture program, which began in 1993.
(10) Goodwin has no right of appeal, and in accordance with custom was given no right to make representations to the forfeiture committee, a group of four permanent secretaries.
(11) This is the first step in a comprehensive review that we have launched of the federal asset forfeiture program.” He said that asset forfeiture is a critical law enforcement tool when used appropriately.
(12) Evidence about how the family has made money is also being given to the NSW Crime Commission which could lead to an application for forfeiture of assets and banks accounts.
(13) Around 70 MPs signed a Commons motion calling for Goodwin to lose the right to call himself "Sir" and in April Labour MP Gordon Prentice wrote to the cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell, who chairs the forfeiture committee, to ask him to take action.
(14) At the end of a week-long court martial, in which Wilkerson did not testify, he was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault and sentenced to a year in jail, with dismissal from the air force and forfeiture of all pay and allowances.
(15) Paolo Di Canio's nemesis had an infinitely forgettable, extremely one paced, afternoon punctuated by subsequent forfeitures of possession and appalling first touches.
(16) "The Walker report has left in a reference to 'clawback' but it is not clear whether it means asking for the money back once it has been paid or forfeiture of the deferred, but as yet unpaid bonuses," said Alistair Woodland, a partner at Clifford Chance.
(17) Asked if Savile should lose his knighthood, Cameron said: "We have something called a forfeiture committee.
(18) Applicants are required to supply fingerprints and disclose their criminal history, with omissions punishable by license forfeiture or denial.
(19) To make matters worse, federal drug forfeiture laws allow state and local law enforcement agencies to keep for their own use 80% of the cash, cars and homes seized from drug suspects, thus granting law enforcement a direct monetary interest in the profitability of the drug market.
(20) Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland , has been stripped of his knighthood by the Queen on the advice of the forfeiture committee.
Loss
Definition:
(v. t.) The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.
(v. t.) The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.
(v. t.) That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to gain or increase; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable.
(v. t.) The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.
(v. t.) Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.
(v. t.) Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.
(v. t.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.
(v. t.) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tryptic digestion of the membranes caused complete disappearance of the binding activity, but heat-treatment for 5 min at 70 degrees C caused only 40% loss of activity.
(2) These studies, in addition to demonstrating that the placenta contains TRH deamidase activity, suggest that losses of fetal TRH through the placenta are not large.
(3) Our results indicate that increasing the delay for more than 8 days following irradiation and TCD syngeneic BMT leads to a rapid loss of the ability to achieve alloengraftment by non-TCD allogeneic bone marrow.
(4) Even with hepatic lipase, phospholipid hydrolysis could not deplete VLDL and IDL of sufficient phospholipid molecules to account for the loss of surface phospholipid that accompanies triacylglycerol hydrolysis and decreasing core volume as LDL is formed (or for conversion of HDL2 to HDL3).
(5) Histological studies of nerves 2 years following irradiation demonstrated loss of axons and myelin, with a corresponding increase in endoneurial, perineurial, and epineurial connective tissue.
(6) The stages of mourning involve cognitive learning of the reality of the loss; behaviours associated with mourning, such as searching, embody unlearning by extinction; finally, physiological concomitants of grief may influence unlearning by direct effects on neurotransmitters or neurohormones, such as cortisol, ACTH, or norepinephrine.
(7) Moreover, in DCVC-treated cells the mitochondria could not be stained with rhodamine-123, indicating severe mitochondrial damage and loss of membrane potential.
(8) Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) afforded significant protection only at the very highest concentration (5.0 mM); inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) did not protect against loss of latency at any concentration.
(9) The west Africa Ebola epidemic “Few global events match epidemics and pandemics in potential to disrupt human security and inflict loss of life and economic and social damage,” he said.
(10) Thus, it appears that neuronal loss may account for up to roughly half of the striatal D2 receptor loss during aging.
(11) Hearing loss at 8 kHz would shorten the I-V interval, while a loss at 4 kHz would be expected to lengthen the interval.
(12) It is concluded the decrease in cellular volume associated with substitution of serosal gluconate for Cl results in a loss of highly specific Ba2+-sensitive K+ conductance channels from the basolateral plasma membrane.
(13) With prolonged ischemia, it is only transient and is followed by a gradual loss of the adenylyl cyclase activity.
(14) A murine keratinocyte cell line that is resistant to the growth-inhibitory effects of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1) was examined for differential gene expression patterns that may be related to the mechanism of the loss of TGF beta 1 responsiveness.
(15) Periodontal disease activity is defined clinically by progressive loss of probing attachment and radiographically by progressive loss of alveolar bone.
(16) But not only did it post a larger loss than expected, Amazon also projected 7% to 18% revenue growth over the busiest shopping period of the year, a far cry from the 20%-plus pace that had convinced investors to overlook its persistent lack of profit in the past.
(17) The findings confirm and quantitate the severe atrophy of the neostriatum, in addition to demonstrating a severe loss of cerebral cortex and subcortical white matter in HD.
(18) We could do with similar action to cut out botnets and spam, but there aren't any big-money lobbyists coming to Mandelson pleading loss of business through those.
(19) The triad of epigastric pain unrelieved by antacids, bilious vomiting, and weight loss, particularly after a gastric operation should make one suspect this syndrome.
(20) The temporary loss of a family member through deployment brings unique stresses to a family in three different stages: predeployment, survival, and reunion.