FINED Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

fined 1 of 2

verb (1)

past tense of fine

as in imposed

to establish or apply as a charge or penalty the police will fine you for driving with one headlight out

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past tense of fine

as in filtered

to remove usually visible impurities from the use of egg shells to fine wine

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On Wednesday, Olivier was fined $5,000, the maximum allowed under the collective bargaining agreement. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Individuals can now be fined as much as $5 billion rupiah ($280,000) and jailed up to 15 years. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 Griffith was fined and sentenced to just two years in prison. — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026 Williams has been fined numerous times for specific gestures and taunts - nine times, to be exact. — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 For the first time, drivers in the city of Pittsburgh can be fined if an automatic camera catches them running a red light. — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 About 20 years ago, Hazleton passed the controversial Illegal Immigration Relief Act, which withheld permits from businesses employing undocumented immigrants and fined landlords who rented to them. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 Thompson lodged criticisms for Jones’ Silicon Valley donors, shifting policy positions and associations with healthcare companies that were fined for denying care. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 The Florida school was also fined $1,500 and must host an athletic department compliance workshop. — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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Loudspeakers around the protest site warned that gatherings of five or more people were banned in parts of New Delhi, as authorities imposed sweeping security restrictions rarely seen in the capital.

— Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
And just a few weeks after Trump signed a bill into law, sponsored by the late US Senator Lindsey Graham, allowing for punishing sanctions to be imposed on any country that bought Russian oil, Washington has now become a customer itself.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026

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Their personal lives are often showcased in a way that’s entirely filtered through the entertainment company’s lens.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Techniques popular in Ukraine and surrounding countries have steadily filtered into the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with salons all over the world now offering Ukrainian-style manicures.

— Lucy Abbersteen, Allure, 9 Oct. 2026

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After Palestinian medics took Levine away, the attackers charged again and hit several journalists with rocks.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
He was cleared of that, but then fell out with a friend who had helped concoct his alibi in the libel case, and was charged with perjury.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of charged

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Buckets overflowed with conch and clams, and customers pointed to whole fish on ice to be cleaned and cut for dinner.

— Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026
Pictures show the ancient Roman silver denarii after they were carefully cleaned, some bearing portraits and inscriptions.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of cleaned

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Their opportunity came during the cross-examination of Elizabeth Riddell, an FBI case manager who had extracted messages and other data from the cellphones of defendants in the case.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Both the driver and semi were taken to the Newton-Azrak Station in Murrieta, where hazardous response specialists extracted the liquid contents from the tank, which tested positive for meth, the release said.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of extracted

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While that’s true, fuel doesn’t power anything until it’s refined.

— Sean Nathaniel, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
The success of the original series and its spinoffs has provided ample data to Moonbug, which has refined and honed the programming in the process.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of refined

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The collection also includes an oversize reversible bomber jacket, washed and distressed sweatshirts and T-shirts, a polo, baseball caps and dedicated kids’ pieces.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
The tongs used to grab pastelitos, croquetas and empanadas from the hot box had been in use more than four hours without being washed, rinsed and sanitized again.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

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