1. (

• fine ,
• mulct ,
• amercement

) money extracted as a penalty ;

1. (

• victimize ,
• swindle ,
• rook ,
• goldbrick ,
• nobble ,
• diddle ,
• bunco ,
• defraud ,
• scam ,
• mulct ,
• hornswoggle ,
• short-change ,
• con

) deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; ;

2. (

• mulct

) impose a fine on; "he was fined for littering" ;