Chael Sonnen

My dad was a plumber. That's hard work. He never missed a day of work. I will never disrespect him by not showing up for an athletic competition that has a maximum duration of 25 minutes. There should be forfeiture if you have to pull out of a fight. If you don't show up, it should be a loss on your record.

American Athlete

Frank Deford

As it happens, Cumberland was on the verge of bankruptcy and had to give up football. But the villainous Heisman made it play a game that had been scheduled when Cumberland still had a team, or Heisman threatened to demand a $3,000 forfeiture fee that could well have put the school out of existence.

American Writer

John Paul Jones

I have sacrificed not only my favorite scheme of life, but the softer affections of the heart, and my prospects of domestic happiness, and I am ready to sacrifice my life also, with cheerfulness, if that forfeiture could restore peace and good will among mankind.

American Soldier

Jack Cade

They say that it were great reproof to the king to take again what he has given, so that they will not suffer him to have his own good, nor land, nor forfeiture, nor any other good but they ask it from him, or else they take bribes of others to get it for him.

English Activist

Joseph Lancaster

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion.

English Educator

Billy Collins

I am a nonparticipant of social media. I'm not much attracted to anything that involves the willing forfeiture of privacy and the foregrounding of insignificance.

American Poet

Kevin Brady

One of the most offensive actions by the IRS is its continued unlawful seizures of money and assets of innocent Americans, called civil asset forfeiture.

American Politician

Howard Staunton

The penalty for exceeding the time limit is the forfeiture of the game.

English Celebrity

Forfeiture usually involves a clear penalty for wrongdoing, highlighting consequences.

Penalty Clarity

Common in legal situations where property or rights are taken due to legal violations.

Legal Context

Forfeiture implies that a mistake has a tangible cost, often financial or material.

Mistakes Cost

The term often relates to failing to meet legal or contractual obligations.

Duty Bound

Sometimes forfeiture is a choice, especially in cases of settling disputes.

Voluntary Aspect

Forfeiture can apply to both tangible property and intangible rights.

Property and Rights

 Now, you're How does something like this happen? That's exactly what I said when I first learned about civil forfeiture while on a road trip with my wife. No, we did not get pulled over. I was reading about the history of civil forfeiture