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Mulct

A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.

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Cheat 76% connected

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Chisel 76% connected

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a m…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Impose 76% connected

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Levy 76% connected

A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Penalty 76% connected

Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commissio…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Short 76% connected

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Cozenage 74% connected

The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cozenage 74% connected

The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ticket 74% connected

A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ticket 74% connected

A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 8

Amercement 92% connected

The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or w…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Con 92% connected

Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Defraud 92% connected

To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreac…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Diddle 92% connected

To totter, as a child in walking.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fine 92% connected

Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rook 92% connected

Mist; fog. See Roke.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swindle 92% connected

To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Victimize 92% connected

To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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