Assertion: forfeit | /r/HasProperty | term
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text: Here, forfeiture is a term used by the US Government and its agencies to mean 'legal confiscation'; in other words, it goes a step beyond taking physical possession of the owner's property because it involves a forced transfer of legal ownership of the property without payment or compensation from the owner to a US government agency (the reason being that a law enforcement agency alleges that it is connected with the commission of a crime).