[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That forfeits, or incurs forfeiture.
1791. T. Newte, Tour Eng. & Scot., 277. The heirs of the forfeiting families.
a. 1859. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., V. 272. They determined to vest in the trustees of the forfeited lands an estate greater than had ever belonged to the forfeiting landholders.
