| Main Entry: | mulct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
Synonyms: |
balk, deceive, defraud, fine, fleece, forfeit, penalize, punish, rook, steal, swindle |
| Main Entry: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extort |
Synonyms: |
blackmail, confiscate, deplete, drain, exhaust, extract, fleece, impoverish, leech, milk, mulct, overcharge, pauperize, put the screws to, rook, sap*, skin*, squeeze*, steal, stick*, strong-arm |
| Main Entry: | fine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | penalty in money |
Synonyms: |
amends, amercement, assessment, damages, forfeit, mulct, punishment, reparation, rip |
Antonyms: |
amends, award, compensation, reimbursement, reward |
| Main Entry: | fine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | penalize in monetary way |
Synonyms: |
alienate, amerce, confiscate, dock*, exact, extort, hit with, levy, make pay, mulct, pay through the nose, punish, sconce, seize, sequestrate, slap with, tax, throw book at |
Antonyms: |
award, compensate, reimburse, reward |
| Main Entry: | fleece |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunder, steal |
Synonyms: |
bleed, burn*, cheat*, clip, con, cozen, defraud, despoil, flimflam, gouge, hustle, jerk around, milk, mulct, overcharge, pluck, rifle, rip off, rob, rook, rope in, run a game on, sell a bill of goods, shaft*, strip, swindle, take for a ride, take to the cleaners |
Antonyms: |
give, offer |
| Main Entry: | forfeit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given as sacrifice |
Synonyms: |
cost, damages, fine, loss, mulct, penalty, relinquishment |
Antonyms: |
gain, victory, win |
| Main Entry: | penalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | punish |
Synonyms: |
amerce, castigate, chasten, chastise, condemn, correct, discipline, dock*, fine, handicap, hit with, impose penalty, inflict handicap, judge, mulct, put at disadvantage, scold, slap with, throw the book at |
Antonyms: |
excuse, forgive, pardon, reward |
| Main Entry: | penalty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | punishment |
Synonyms: |
amends, amercement, cost, damages, disadvantage, discipline, dues, fall, fine, forfeit, forfeiture, handicap, mortification, mulct, price, rap, retribution |
Antonyms: |
award, forgiveness, pardon, reward |
| Main Entry: | punishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | penalty |
Synonyms: |
abuse, amercement, beating, castigation, chastening, chastisement, comeuppance, confiscation, correction, deprivation, disciplinary action, discipline, forfeit, forfeiture, gallows, hard work, infliction, just desserts, lumps, maltreatment, mortification, mulct, ostracism, pain, penance, proof, punitive measures, purgatory, reparation, retribution, rod, rough treatment, sanction, sequestration, short shrift, slave labor, suffering, torture, trial, unhappiness, victimization, what for |
Antonyms: |
encouragement, exoneration, praise, protection, reward |
| Main Entry: | forfeiture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment |
Synonyms: |
fine, forfeit, giving up, loss, mulct, relinquishment |