variegated, con, forfeit, forfeitures, kleptocracy

The multi-million dollar hostage scam that conned world leaders, an archbishop and CEOs.

There was a sense of urgency in the voice of the man claiming to be France's defense minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian.

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CNN.COM

Victims thought they were paying millions to free hostages. But the 'minister' who asked them was a fraudster in a mask

“Asset-forfeiture” laws allow police to seize cash and pocket it for their departments, if they suspect it of including proceeds from crime

Why marijuana retailers can’t use banks

Banks cannot handle dope money lest they fall foul of federal rules about money laundering

ECONOMIST.COM

Wells Fargo’s CEO has been criticized for firing some 5,300 employees connected to the fake-account scandal, without taking any action against senior executives.

Wells Fargo CEO To Forfeit Tens Of Millions In Stock Awards Amid Scandal

Wells Fargo says John Stumpf and the former retail-banking head will forfeit…

NPR.ORG

Google Forfeits $500 Million Generated by Online Ads & Prescription ...

https://www.justice.gov/.../google-forfeits-500-million-generated-online-...

Aug 24, 2011 - Google Forfeits $500 Million Generated by Online Ads & Prescription Drug ... while paying one of the largest financial forfeiture penalties in history.” ... consultation rather than a valid prescription from a treating medical practitioner. ... In2009, after Google became aware of the investigation by the Rhode ...

Ex-Assembly Speaker Is Convicted of Corruption

By BENJAMIN WEISER and SUSANNE CRAIG 8:28 PM ET

Sheldon Silver, a Democrat and one of New York’s most powerful politicians, will forfeit the Assembly seat to which he was first elected nearly 40 years ago.

 ...,being obliged to drink a forfeit if the experience were judged insufficiently strange.

Now China has tightened its grip on the much more variegated world of online information, effectively forcing Google Inc., the world’s premier information provider, to choose between submitting to Chinese censorship and leaving the world’s largest community of Internet users to its rivals. It chose to leave.

Con Artist in Sting That Cost Google Millions

Over four months in 2009, a federal prisoner – and convicted con artist – was the lead actor in a government sting targeting Google that yielded one of the largest business forfeitures in U.S. history.

 The Department of Justice has forfeited a Manhattan condominium and a Virginia residence – with a combined value of approximately $ 2.1 million – purchased with the proceeds of alleged bribes paid to the family of the former President of Taiwan, Shui-Bian Chen, as part of the department’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative.   Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced the forfeiture today with U.S . Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton.

forfeit

Syllabification: (for·feit)

Pronunciation: /ˈfôrfit/

verb (forfeits, forfeiting, forfeited)

[with object]

• lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing:those unable to meet their taxes were liable to forfeit their property
• lose or give up (something) as a necessary consequence of something else:she didn’t mind forfeiting an extra hour in bed to get up and clean the stables

noun

• a fine or penalty for wrongdoing or for a breach of the rules in a club or game.
• Law an item of property or a right or privilege lost as a legal penalty.
• (forfeits) a game in which trivial penalties are exacted.
• the action of forfeiting something.

adjective

[predic.]

• lost or surrendered as a penalty for wrongdoing or neglect:the lands which he had acquired were automatically forfeit

Derivatives
forfeitable

adjective

forfeiter

Pronunciation: /ˈfôrfitər/

noun

Origin:

Middle English (originally denoting a crime or transgression, hence a fine or penalty for this): from Old French forfet, forfait, past participle of forfaire 'transgress', from for- 'out' (from Latin foris 'outside') + faire 'do' (from Latin facere)

forfeiture
(fôr'fĭ-chʊr', -chər)
n.

1. The act of surrendering something as a forfeit.
2. Something that is forfeited; a penalty.

forfeiture[for・fei・ture]

• 発音記号[fɔ'ːrfitʃər][名]

1 [U]（財産などの）没収；（権利・地位・名誉などの）喪失.

2 没収物；罰金, 科料.

con⁴ (kŏn) Slang.
tr.v., conned, con·ning, cons.
To swindle (a victim) by first winning his or her confidence; dupe.

n.
A swindle.

adj.
Of, relating to, or involving a swindle or fraud: a con artist; a con job.



var·i·e·gat·ed (vâr'ē-ĭ-gā'tĭd, vâr'ĭ-gā'-, văr'-)
adj.

1. Having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors; varicolored: "If they recall the Colosseum . . . it is only as a showcase for cats more variegated than any fevered artist's mind could imagine" (Michael Mewshaw).
2. Distinguished or characterized by variety; diversified.

kleptocracy

音節

klep • toc • ra • cy

発音

kleptɑ'krəsi | -tɔ'k-

[名][U][C]盗奪政治：国家・国民から収奪して私腹をこやす政治形態.


mot·ley (mŏt'lē)
adj.

1. Having elements of great variety or incongruity; heterogeneous: "Most Ivy League freshman classes are chosen from a motley collection of constituencies . . . and a bare majority of entering students can honestly be called scholars" (New York Times).
2. Having many colors; variegated; parti-colored: a motley tunic.