Forfeiture is the official taking-away of money or property because someone broke a law or a rule. A court may order the forfeiture of a car used in a crime; a team may face forfeiture of a match (they lose by rule, not by play).

Forfeiture forfeiture（沒收） is是指 the official taking-away of money or property官方把金錢或財產拿走 because someone broke a law or a rule因為有人違反了法律或規定 A court法院 may order the forfeiture of a car used in a crime可能會下令沒收一台用來犯罪的車 a team一支隊伍 may face forfeiture of a match可能會面臨比賽的forfeiture（判負） they lose by rule, not by play他們是被判輸的，不是在場上輸的

It is a legal and formal word. The everyday cousin is forfeit — as a verb (you forfeit the prize) and as a shorter noun (the forfeit). Forfeiture names the act or the legal result, and you meet it in news about crime, contracts, and sport.

It is這是 a legal and formal word一個法律上、正式的用詞 The everyday cousin日常生活裡比較常見的親戚字 is forfeit是forfeit as a verb當動詞（you forfeit the prize，你喪失了獎品） and as a shorter noun以及當比較短的名詞（the forfeit） Forfeiture forfeiture names the act or the legal result指的是這個動作或法律結果 and而 you meet it你會在 in news about crime, contracts, and sport犯罪、合約、運動的新聞裡遇到它

Though actually, in sport people more often say they forfeited the game than they talk about forfeiture. In law, forfeiture can be huge: houses, ships, bank money. It is not a fine you choose to pay; it is something taken because of the broken rule.

Though actually不過事實上 in sport在運動場合 people more often say大家比較常說 they forfeited the game他們forfeited the game（判負了） than they talk about forfeiture而不是講forfeiture這個名詞 In law在法律上 forfeiture can be huge forfeiture的規模可以很大： houses房子 ships船 bank money銀行裡的錢 It is not a fine you choose to pay它不是你自己選擇繳的罰款 it is something taken而是因為違規 because of the broken rule被拿走的東西