mulct :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. money extracted as a penalty

v. impose a fine on; "he was fined for littering"

bunco, con, gyp, swindle, rook, nobble, diddle, defraud

v. deprive of by deceit; "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"

charge

n. the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge"

fee

n. a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services

charge, bill, demand payment

v. demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"

punish, penalize

v. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"

lead on, deceive, cozen, delude, mislead knowingly

v. be false to; be dishonest with

fake, wangle, fudge, cook, manipulate, falsify, play with, misrepresent, tamper with

v. fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

victimize, victimise, make a victim of

v. make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"

frame, set up, entrap, ensnare

v. take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"

snow, bamboozle, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false

v. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

embezzle, peculate, misappropriate

v. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"

humbug

v. trick or deceive

sham, assume, feign, pretend, dissemble, simulate

v. make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"

copy, simulate, imitate

v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

use, behave toward

v. habitually do something (use only in the past tense); "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"

reward

n. payment made in return for a service rendered

remuneration, earnings, wage, pay, salary

n. something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"

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