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forfeit

/ˈfɔɹ.fɪt/ adjective C2
  1. Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.
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If you leave, you forfeit your whole position forever.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 12 · B2
My father’s opinion of me does me the greatest honour; and I should be miserable to forfeit it.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 167 · B2
“I trust that they do not mean that I have done anything to forfeit your confidence?”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 99 · C1

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