" forfeiture "

 [ "seizure-and-forfeiture" ]

1: A law in the United States, since 1984; law enforcement authorities are allowed to confiscate cash money they have reason to believe has not been legitimately obtained, and even if no charges are filed against the person whose cash is confiscated the owner must go to court to prove legitimate ownership of the confiscated cash; also known as legal robbery, this confiscated cash often goes towards funding helicopters for rural sheriff's departments and assault vehicles for Podunk towns that have no real use for them

  * e.g.,  ... Why are you taking my money, officer ... I was saving up to buy a motorboat with it .... What do you mean, I seem suspicious? What the fuck is seizure-and-forfeiture? legal robbery civilian asset dispersion possession of cash suspicious money-holder guilty until proven innocent drug-war funding 

 [ "Property Forfeiture" ]

1: The controversial and indirect act of surrendering rights, resources, and possesions(including children) to another person, group, or authority due to abuse, neglect, and overall stupidity on the part of the original owner(s). Necessitated by progress or changing local, national, and international advances in civilization and morals. Typically very beneficial in the long term to most of society.

  * e.g.,  ... Mark: Hey, why are you taking away my children!!!! 

 [ "civil asset forfeiture" ]

1: a system by which American authorities can legally seize your property if they suspect that it was used to make or sell drugs, or bought with drug money.

  * e.g.,  ... Ethel Hylton: "Why are you taking my money?" Cop: "Civil Asset Forfeiture, ma'am. (Google it.) The dog smells drugs on your cash, so we're taking it all." Ethel Hylton: "But I've never even touched any drugs." Cop: "No, but your money has." Ethel Hylton: "I'm innocent! I've done nothing wrong" Cop: Relax, nobody's accusing you of anything. We're just taking your money. Forever." Ethel Hylton: "wha...?" 

 [ "civil asset forfeiture" ]

2: They don't have to prove anything, or have a warrant. They only need probable cause, which can be given by a drug dog scam. You may or not be charged with a crime, and you might never get your stuff back.

 [ "pick-up forfeiture" ]

1: In any pick up game, when you lose an item of gameplay because of your stupidity, anger, craziness, etc. you forfeit the game automatically.

  * e.g.,  ... Basil kicked the soccer ball into an unretrievable area that was locked off, so he lost the game because of pick-up forfeiture.