Mulct

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A penalty such as a fine.
  • v. To penalize by fining or demanding forfeiture.
  • v. To acquire by trickery or deception.
  • v. To defraud or swindle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one.
  • v. To impose such a fine or penalty.
  • v. To swindle (someone) out of money.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.
  • n. A blemish or defect.
  • v. To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine.
  • v. Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A fine or other penalty imposed on a person for some offense or misdemeanor, usually a pecuniary fine.
  • n. A blemish; a defect.
  • n. Synonyms Amercement, forfeit, forfeiture, penalty, fine.
  • To punish by fine or forfeiture; deprive of some possession as a penalty; deprive: formerly with either the crime or the criminal as object, now only with the latter: followed by in or of before the thing: as, to mulct a person in $300; to mulct a person of something.
  • To punish, in general.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. impose a fine on
  • v. deprive of by deceit
  • n. money extracted as a penalty
  • Verb Form
    mulcted    mulcting    mulcts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    impose    Levy   
    Form
    mulcted    mulcting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    forfeiture    forfeit    penalty    amercement    fine    exaction    deprive   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    sulked   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts