Mulct - Definition

mulct

n 1: money extracted as a penalty [syn: fine, mulct,
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, mulct,
gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
2: impose a fine on; "he was fined for littering"

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