nounthe fact of having something taken away as a punishmentUsagethe goods were declared forfeitthe court said that the goods had to be taken away from the person who was holding themverbto have something taken away as a punishmentUsageto forfeit a patentto lose a patent because payments have not been madeUsageto forfeit a depositto lose a deposit which was left for an item because you have decided not to buy that item the fact of having something taken away as a punishment to have something taken away as a punishment