Amerce

  • 41fine — 1 n [Anglo French fin fine & Medieval Latin finis end, boundary, agreement, payment for release or privilege, monetary penalty, from Latin finis end, boundary] 1: a sum imposed as punishment for an offense compare restitution 2: a forfeiture or… …

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  • 42mulct — / məlkt/ n [Latin multa mulcta]: fine penalty mulct vt Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. mulct …

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  • 43penalize — I verb amerce, avenge, bring to account, call to account, carry out a sentence, castigate, chastise, confiscate, correct, discipline, exact a penalty, exact retribution, execute a sentence, execute judgment, fine, forfeit, harm, hurt, impose a… …

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  • 44punish — pun·ish / pə nish/ vt 1: to impose a penalty on for a fault, offense, or violation 2: to inflict a penalty for the commission of (an offense) in retribution or retaliation or as a deterrent vi: to inflict punishment pun·ish·abil·i·ty /ˌpə ni shə… …

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  • 45amercement — amerce·ment /ə mərs mənt/ n [Anglo French amerciment, from amercier to fine, from Old French a merci at one s mercy]: a fine or damages imposed at the discretion of the court Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 46Deuteronomy 22 — 1 Thou shalt not see thy brother s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto …

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  • 47fine — Synonyms and related words: Babylonian, Corinthian, OK, Roger, absolutely, abstruse, accomplished, accurate, acrid, acute, admirable, adulterated, advantageous, aesthetic, aesthetically appealing, affable, agreeable, airy, alive and kicking, all… …

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  • 48mulct — Synonyms and related words: amerce, amercement, beat, beguile of, bilk, bleed, bunco, burn, cheat, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, claim, cog, cog the dice, con, cozen, crib, damages, defraud, demand, diddle, distrain, distraint, distress, do in,… …

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  • 49penalize — Synonyms and related words: acquit, amerce, anathematize, attaint, blacklist, bring home to, bring to account, bring to book, call to account, castigate, censure, chasten, chastise, condemn, convict, correct, damn, deal with, denounce, denunciate …

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  • 50punish — Synonyms and related words: abuse, admonish, agonize, amerce, avenge, banish, batter, be quits, beat, beat up, birch, bloody, bring to account, bring to book, call to account, cane, cashier, castigate, chasten, chastise, claw, convulse, correct,… …

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