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(law) One to whom something is abandoned.
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A monetary punishment; a fine.
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(transitive) To impose a fine on; to fine.
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The condition of being in arrears.
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placed in a state of attainder
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A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
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A situation that occurs when a small increase in wages results in a sudden decrease in net income, due to suddenly becoming ineligible for benefits.
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(law) A tort in common law arising when a man withdraws an earlier promise to marry a woman; abolished in many jurisdictions.
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Someone or something adversely affected by a decision, event or situation.
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Alternative form of comeuppance [Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved.]
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(Scotland, law) An articulate statement annexed to a summons, setting forth the allegations in fact upon which an action is founded.
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(transitive) To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.
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The prize or benefit for the loser.
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(law) Action on the part of one party which will be treated by a court as equivalent to the use of force in determining whether that party has acted improperly with respect to another.
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(law, uncountable) Open disrespect for or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body, typically punishable by such sanctions as a fine or incarceration.
adj
(obsolete, law) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
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(US, law) In the United States Food and Drugs Act, a penalty imposed on persons or companies that commit crimes in connection with applications for approval of drugs, in which such persons are barred from submitting or assisting in the submission of such an application.
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A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.
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(law) A point subtracted from a person's driver's license upon conviction of a driving offense, the accumulation of which may lead to additional penalties and/or loss of driving privileges.
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(UK, obsolete) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.
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(obsolete) To render insecure; to put in danger.
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A person punished as a warning to others.
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A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
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A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.
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Obsolete form of forfeiture. [(law) A legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property.]
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A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.
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Any loss occasioned by one's own actions.
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(UK) An official edict that a particular substance or activity is dangerous, or an expression of such an edict.
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The action of governing or commanding; governance.
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A minor expense incurred in the course of an activity.
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A circumstance where the actions of a person backfire by causing an immediate unforeseen and unintended effect that may be deemed just deserts for those actions.
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the act of interdicting or something interdicted
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(informal) The (usually negative) karmic consequences of an action or behavior.
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A punishment received (tangible or figurative) as a result of morally incorrect, or unacceptable actions.
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To subject to legal restrictions.
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An act that prompts such a penalty.
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(business) The loss or return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.
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(economics, insurance) The prospect that a party insulated from risk may behave differently from the way it would behave if it were fully exposed to the risk.
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A suspension of an ongoing activity.
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(law) A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one.
adj
Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine.
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(obsolete) A fine paid for violation of a mund
n
Additional costs; extra expenses.
adj
Subject to a penalty as a punishment
n
A policy of imposing penalties.
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The act of punishing; punishment.
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(Australia, law) An amount, used as a basis of a penalty fine, which can be adjusted by the government without the need to pass new legislation.
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The occasion on which a philopena is forfeited; the forfeit paid.
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(archaic) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
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The penalty for this offence.
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A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may easily be removed for poor performance
n
(obsolete) Alternative form of punishment [The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.]
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A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
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Archaic spelling of penalty. [A legal sentence.]
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A disgraced officer who is deprived of command, but retains rank and sometimes pay.
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The act of one who relents.
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One to whom anything is resigned, or in whose favor a resignation is made.
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A violation ranked in seriousness somewhat below overt cheating, with the status of a more minor offense only because, when it happens, it is usually accidental.
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(now rare) The fact or act of revolving; capacity for revolution.
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(uncountable) The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
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The overall process of identifying all the risks to and from an activity and assessing the potential impact of each risk.
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The process of determining the maximum acceptable level of overall risk to and from a proposed activity, then using risk assessment techniques to determine the initial level of risk and, if this is excessive, developing a strategy to ameliorate appropriate individual risks until the overall level of risk is reduced to an acceptable level.
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Alternative form of risk-taking [The practice or tendency of doing things that are risky or have uncertain outcomes.]
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A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
v
To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.
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(transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
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The phenomenon where somebody justifies an increased investment of money or other resources based on the cumulative prior investment (the sunk costs), despite new evidence suggesting that the cost of continuing now outweighs the expected benefit.
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Alternative form of surrendry [(obsolete) surrender]
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(obsolete, rare) Admission.
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(transitive) To decree that a person shall be arrested for trespassing if he or she returns to someone else's land.
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Punishment, penalty, fine, bote, mulct.
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(law, obsolete) A fine imposed on plaintiffs for such a dismissal.
v
To forbid, to refuse to allow, give, or permit.
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Initialism of existential risk. [A hypothetical future event which could cause human extinction or permanently and severely curtail humanity's potential.]
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