Main entry: fine, mulct, amercement
Definition: money extracted as a penalty
Main entry: mulct
Definition: impose a fine on
Usage: he was fined for littering
Main entry: hornswoggle, goldbrick, gip, gyp, bunco, short-change, scam, rook, con, diddle, defraud, swindle, mulct, nobble, victimize
Definition: deprive of by deceit
Usage: He swindled me out of my inheritance; She defrauded the customers who trusted her; the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change