Mulct \Mulct\, n. [L. mulcta, multa.]
1. A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.
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2. A blemish or defect. [Obs.]
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Syn: Amercement; forfeit; forfeiture; penalty.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mulct \Mulct\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mulcted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mulcting.] [L. mulctare, multare.]
1. To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine
or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine.
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2. Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or
discipline. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mulct
n : money extracted as a penalty [syn: fine, amercement]
v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick,
nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, gyp,
con]
2: impose a fine on; "he was fined for littering"
WordNet (r) 2.0
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "mulct":
amerce, amercement, beat, beguile of, bilk, bleed, bunco, burn,
cheat, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, claim, cog, cog the dice,
con, cozen, crib, damages, defraud, demand, diddle, distrain,
distraint, distress, do in, do out of, escheat, escheatment,
estreat, euchre, exact, finagle, fine, flam, fleece, flimflam, fob,
forfeit, forfeiture, fudge, gouge, gull, gyp, have, hocus,
hocus-pocus, levy a distress, milk, pack the deal, penalty, pigeon,
practice fraud upon, require, rook, scam, sconce, screw,
sell gold bricks, shave, shortchange, stack the cards, stick,
sting, sweat, swindle, take a dive, thimblerig, throw a fight,
victimize
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
MULCT, punishment. A fine imposed on the conviction of an offence.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
MULCT, commerce. An imposition laid on ships or goods by a company of trade,
for the maintenance of consuls and the like. Obsolete.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
amercement, bunco, con, defraud, diddle, fine, goldbrick, gyp, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, victimize
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