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6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb punish with an arbitrary penalty
verb punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court
originFrom Anglo-Norman amercier, from Old French a (“at”) + merci (“mercy”), thus “at the mercy of”.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0