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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as in filtered
to remove usually visible impurities from
the use of egg shells to fine wine
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Recent Examples of fined
Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
In September, Nevada’s Bureau of Water Pollution Control fined the company nearly $250,000 for violating environmental regulations nearly 800 times in the last two years, including for spilling untreated groundwater onto public roads and not reporting it to authorities, ProPublica first reported.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Brown was not fined for his comments.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Any airline that does not comply will be fined $75,000 per flight over the limit, according to the FAA order.
—ABC News, 7 Nov. 2025
On Wednesday, Dowdle confirmed that the NFL fined him for his celebration.
—Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
If the employee turned out to be a fugitive from slavery, the employer was fined 50 cents for each day of employment — paid to the enslaver.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
He was previously fined in Weeks 4 and 8.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Between 2020 and 2025, the more than seventeen thousand zoos, labs, breeders, and classrooms currently covered by the Animal Welfare Act were fined just a hundred and twenty times, according to an analysis by the Animal Welfare Institute.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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Internationally, world football’s governing body FIFA fined England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for their use of the poppy to mark Remembrance Day in 2016, deeming it to be a political symbol.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
In September, Nevada’s Bureau of Water Pollution Control fined the company nearly $250,000 for violating environmental regulations nearly 800 times in the last two years, including for spilling untreated groundwater onto public roads and not reporting it to authorities, ProPublica first reported.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Brown was not fined for his comments.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Any airline that does not comply will be fined $75,000 per flight over the limit, according to the FAA order.
—ABC News, 7 Nov. 2025
On Wednesday, Dowdle confirmed that the NFL fined him for his celebration.
—Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
If the employee turned out to be a fugitive from slavery, the employer was fined 50 cents for each day of employment — paid to the enslaver.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
He was previously fined in Weeks 4 and 8.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Between 2020 and 2025, the more than seventeen thousand zoos, labs, breeders, and classrooms currently covered by the Animal Welfare Act were fined just a hundred and twenty times, according to an analysis by the Animal Welfare Institute.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Fined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fined. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
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