fined
v.v. to make someone pay money as a punishment for breaking a rule or law. You usually get fined for things like speeding or returning library books late.
v. to impose a financial penalty on a person or entity as a punishment for an offence. The past tense and past participle of 'fine'; typically used in the passive voice when the authority is implied.
He was fined for parking his car in the wrong spot.
The city council fined the restaurant for failing to meet health and safety standards during the inspection.
The regulatory body fined the corporation millions of dollars after discovering they had intentionally misled investors regarding their quarterly earnings.
Transitive; frequently appears in the passive voice ('be fined').
The police fined to him.The police fined him.The verb is transitive and takes a direct object without the preposition 'to'.