Excellent way to relieve a miscreant of his money
I believe the answer is:
fine
This could be a double definition.
'excellent' is the first definition.
(synonyms)
'way to relieve a miscreant of his money' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fine that I've seen before include "No special brandy" , "Fair - penalty" , "Very thin - excellent?" , "Monetary penalty - that's splendid" , "A monetary penalty - sounds great" .)