Amerce

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Law To punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily at the discretion of the court.
  • v. To punish by imposing an arbitrary penalty.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To impose a fine on; to fine.
  • v. To punish; to make an exaction.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court.
  • v. To punish, in general; to mulct.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To punish by an arbitrary or discretionary fine: as, the court amerced the defendant in the sum of $100.
  • To punish by inflicting a penalty of any kind, as by depriving of some right or privilege, or entailing some loss upon.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. punish with an arbitrary penalty
  • v. punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court
    • Verb Form
    amerced    amerces    amercing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    penalise    penalize    punish    ticket    fine   
    Form
    amercement   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mulct    fine   
     
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