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Mulct
01
a fine or financial penalty imposed as punishment
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
mulcts
Examples
The court ordered a heavy mulct for the company's illegal activities.
to mulct
01
impose a fine on
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
mulct
3rd person singular
mulcts
Present participle
mulcting
Past simple
mulcted
Past participle
mulcted
02
to use deception to obtain someone's money or goods
Examples
The con artist mulcted the elderly woman out of her life savings.
