Roget's Thesaurus

#974. Penalty

Nouns

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.].

Verbs

fine, mulct, amerce, sconce, confiscate; sequestrate, sequester; escheat [Law]; estreat, forfeit.