Money extracted as a penalty.

synonyms: amercement, fine.

Roget 974: penalty; retribution etc. (punishment) 972; pain, pains and penalties; weregild^†, wergild; peine forte et dure [Fr.]; penance etc. (atonement) 952; the devil to pay.    fine, mulct, amercement; forfeit, forfeiture; escheat [Law], damages, deodand^†, sequestration, confiscation, premunire [Lat.]; doomage [U.S.].    ... show more

Dutch: geldboete, scherp, intentie, ambitie, bedoeling, doel, boete
Polish: grzywna

Deprive of by deceit.

synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize ... show more.

Roget 791: steal, thieve, rob, mug, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim^†, crib, cabbage, palm; abstract; appropriate, plagiarize.    convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp; make off with, walk off with, run off with; run away with; spirit away, seize etc. (lay violent hands on) 789.    plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate^†, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer^†, maraud, lift cattle, poach; smuggle, run; badger [Slang]; bail up, hold up, stick up; bunco, bunko, filibuster.    swindle, peculate, embezzle; sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece; defraud etc. 545; obtain under false pretenses; live by one's wits.    rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul; set a thief to catch a thief.    disregard the distinction between meum and disregard the distinction between meum and tuum [Lat.].    [receive stolen goods] fence, launder, launder money.    ... show more

Roget 974: fine, mulct, amerce, sconce, confiscate; sequestrate, sequester; escheat [Law]; estreat^†, forfeit.   

Impose a fine on.