Punish by fining (6)

I believe the answer is:

amerce

'punish by fining' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for amerce that I've seen before include "Came re the fine" , "Punish by imposing arbitrary fine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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