资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Forfeit \For"feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forfeited}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Forfeiting}.] [OE. forfeten. See {Forfeit}, n.]
   To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense,
   or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be
   deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some
   neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to
   forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before
   the one acquiring what is forfeited.

         [They] had forfeited their property by their crimes.
                                                  --Burke.

         Undone and forfeited to cares forever!   --Shak.

资料来源 : WordNet®

forfeited
     adj : surrendered as a penalty [syn: {confiscate}, {forfeit}]