mulct
[noun]
Synonyms: fine, amercement, forfeit, penalty
[verb]
Synonyms: penalize, amerce, fine, fleece, bleed, milk, rook, stick, sweat

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Related Words: claim, demand, exact, require

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

mulct noun. [mʌlkt] arch. L16.
[Latin mulcta, multa: see MULCT verb. Cf. French mulcte, multe.]
A fine imposed for an offence; a penalty of any kind.
■ T. L. Peacock Imposed a heavy mulct on every one of his servants.
■ I. Zangwill Nor was this the only mulct which Providence exacted.

[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲

mulct verb trans. [mʌlkt] literary. Pa. t. & pple mulct, mulcted. L15.
[French mul(c)ter from Latin mul(c)tare, from mul(c)ta fine, amercement.]
1. Punish (a person) by a fine; extract money from (a person) by fine or taxation. Formerly also, subject to a penalty of any kind. L15.
■ G. M. Trevelyan No government dared to propose to mulct the taxpayer for such a purpose.
■ C. P. Snow The Revenue might mulct him with largish fines.

2. Deprive (a person) of money, goods, etc., esp. by duress or fraudulent means; swindle. Usu. in pass. M18.
Contemporary Review Each tree is mulcted of her spreading boughs.

3. Obtain by swindling. M20.
■ P. Gallico A rapacious old moneybag who would never miss the few dollars mulcted of her.

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