amerce

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  1. transitive verb Law To punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily at the discretion of the court.
  2. transitive verb To punish by imposing an arbitrary penalty.

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  1. Middle English amercen, from Anglo-Norman amercier, from à merci, at the mercy of : à, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + merci, mercy (from Latin mercēs, wages).

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  1. from Middle English amercen, amercien, from Anglo-French amercier, fine, mulct, first as past participle in the phrase cstre amercie, which is due to the earlier phrase cstre a merci, be at the mercy of, i. e., as to the amount of the fine: see mercy.
 

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