mulct

A penalty such as a fine.

To penalize by fining or demanding forfeiture.

To take (something) from another person by means of unseemly or deceptive methods.

To take something from (another) by means of unseemly or deceptive methods.

A fine or other penalty imposed on a person for some offense or misdemeanor, usually a pecuniary fine.

A blemish; a defect.

Synonyms Amercement, forfeit, forfeiture, penalty, fine.

To punish by fine or forfeiture; deprive of some possession as a penalty; deprive: formerly with either the crime or the criminal as object, now only with the latter: followed by in or of before the thing: as, to mulct a person in $300; to mulct a person of something.

To punish, in general.

A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.