"became" meaning in English

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          "text": "[…]and had the outlawry been confirmed, he muſt not only have remained ſo, but all his eſtate and effects (if any there were) would have became forfeited to the crown.",
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          "ref": "1896, William Temple Hornaday, The Man who Became a Savage: A Story of Our Own Times, Peter Paul Book Company, page 31",
          "text": "[…] In this very city, the jury box has became so corrupted that it is impossible to convict men of the gross outrages they inflicted on voters at the polls last election day.”",
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