mulct
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Collins Definition
Verb
mulcted, past participle; mulcting, present participle; mulcted, past tense; mulcts, 3rd person singular present;
/məlkt/,
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mulcted, past participle; mulcting, present participle; mulcted, past tense; mulcts, 3rd person singular present;
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Extract money from (someone) by fine or taxation
- - no government dared propose to mulct the taxpayer for such a purpose
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Deprive someone of (money or possessions) by fraudulent means
- - he mulcted Shelly of $75,000
Noun
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A fine or compulsory payment
Web Definitions:
- fine: money extracted as a penalty
- victimize: 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"
- impose a fine on; "he was fined for littering"
- A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one; To impose such a fine; To swindle (someone) out of money
- to take money from, by taxation or by trickery.