See mulct in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A sum of money levied as punishment for an offense:
amercement, fine2, penalty. See reward
verb
To impose a fine on:
amerce, fine2, penalize. See rewardTo get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:
bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, rook, swindle, victimize. (Informal) chisel, flimflam, take, trim. (Slang) diddle1, do, gyp, stick, sting. See honest
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