mulct

mulct

M0469500 (mŭlkt)n. A penalty such as a fine.tr.v. mulct·ed, mulct·ing, mulcts 1. To penalize by fining or demanding forfeiture.2. To take (something) from another person by means of unseemly or deceptive methods.3. To take something from (another) by means of unseemly or deceptive methods.

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[From Middle English multen, to fine, from Latin multāre, mulctāre, from mulcta, fine.]

mulct

(mʌlkt) vb (tr) 1. (Law) to cheat or defraud2. (Law) to fine (a person)n (Law) a fine or penalty[C15: via French from Latin multa a fine]

mulct

(mʌlkt)

v.t. 1. to defraud of something; swindle. 2. to obtain by fraud, extortion, etc. 3. to punish (a person) by fine, esp. for a misdemeanor. n. 4. a fine, esp. for a misdemeanor. [1475–85; < Latin mul(c)ta penalty of loss of property]

mulct

Past participle: mulcted
Gerund: mulcting

Imperative
mulct
mulct

Present
I mulct
you mulct
he/she/it mulcts
we mulct
you mulct
they mulct

Preterite
I mulcted
you mulcted
he/she/it mulcted
we mulcted
you mulcted
they mulcted

Present Continuous
I am mulcting
you are mulcting
he/she/it is mulcting
we are mulcting
you are mulcting
they are mulcting

Present Perfect
I have mulcted
you have mulcted
he/she/it has mulcted
we have mulcted
you have mulcted
they have mulcted

Past Continuous
I was mulcting
you were mulcting
he/she/it was mulcting
we were mulcting
you were mulcting
they were mulcting

Past Perfect
I had mulcted
you had mulcted
he/she/it had mulcted
we had mulcted
you had mulcted
they had mulcted

Future
I will mulct
you will mulct
he/she/it will mulct
we will mulct
you will mulct
they will mulct

Future Perfect
I will have mulcted
you will have mulcted
he/she/it will have mulcted
we will have mulcted
you will have mulcted
they will have mulcted

Future Continuous
I will be mulcting
you will be mulcting
he/she/it will be mulcting
we will be mulcting
you will be mulcting
they will be mulcting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been mulcting
you have been mulcting
he/she/it has been mulcting
we have been mulcting
you have been mulcting
they have been mulcting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been mulcting
you will have been mulcting
he/she/it will have been mulcting
we will have been mulcting
you will have been mulcting
they will have been mulcting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been mulcting
you had been mulcting
he/she/it had been mulcting
we had been mulcting
you had been mulcting
they had been mulcting

Conditional
I would mulct
you would mulct
he/she/it would mulct
we would mulct
you would mulct
they would mulct

Past Conditional
I would have mulcted
you would have mulcted
he/she/it would have mulcted
we would have mulcted
you would have mulcted
they would have mulcted

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mulct - money extracted as a penalty amercement, finepenalty - a payment required for not fulfilling a contractlibrary fine - fine imposed by a library on books that overdue when returned
Verb	1.	mulct - 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"bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimizeshort, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough moneycheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
	2.	mulct - impose a fine on; "he was fined for littering"levy, impose - impose and collect; "levy a fine"

mulct

nounA sum of money levied as punishment for an offense:amercement, fine, penalty.verb1. To impose a fine on:amerce, fine, penalize.2. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, rook, swindle, victimize.Informal: chisel, flimflam, take, trim.Slang: diddle, do, gyp, stick, sting.

Translations

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