Synonyms: fine, mulct, amercement
Definition: money extracted as a penalty
Similar words: penalty
Definition: a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
Synonyms: mulct
Definition: impose a fine on
Usage: he was fined for littering
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: rip off, cheat, chisel
Definition: deprive somebody of something by deceit
Usage: The con-man beat me out of $50; This salesman ripped us off!; we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme; They chiseled me out of my money