amerce
vt . 罰款,罰錢,懲罰
罰款,罰錢,懲罰
amerce v 1 :
punish with an arbitrary penalty 2 :
punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court Amerce \
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n . {
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a merci at the mercy of ,
liable to a punishment .
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1 .
To punish by a pecuniary penalty ,
the amount of which is not fixed by law ,
but left to the discretion of the court ;
as ,
the court amerced the criminal in the sum of one hundred dollars .
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Note :
The penalty or fine may be expressed without a preposition ,
or it may be introduced by in ,
with ,
or of .
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2 .
To punish ,
in general ;
to mulct .
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Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven . --
Milton .
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Shall by him be amerced with penance due . --
Spenser .
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