MULCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mulct mean? 

• MULCT (noun)
  The noun MULCT has 1 sense:

1. money extracted as a penalty

  Familiarity information: MULCT used as a noun is very rare.

• MULCT (verb)
  The verb MULCT has 2 senses:

1. deprive of by deceit

2. impose a fine on

  Familiarity information: MULCT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MULCT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Money extracted as a penalty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

amercement; fine; mulct

Hypernyms ("mulct" is a kind of...):

penalty (a payment required for not fulfilling a contract)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mulct"):

library fine (fine imposed by a library on books that overdue when returned)

Derivation:

mulct (impose a fine on)

• MULCT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they mulct    ... he / she / it mulcts   
Past simple: mulcted   
Past participle: mulcted   
-ing form: mulcting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deprive of by deceit

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

bunco; con; defraud; diddle; goldbrick; hornswoggle; mulct; nobble; rook; scam; short-change; swindle; victimize

Context example:

She defrauded the customers who trusted her

Hypernyms (to "mulct" is one way to...):

cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mulct"):

short; short-change (cheat someone by not returning him enough money)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Sentence example:

They mulct him of all his money

Sense 2

Meaning:

Impose a fine on

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

he was fined for littering

Hypernyms (to "mulct" is one way to...):

impose; levy (impose and collect)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Derivation:

mulct (money extracted as a penalty)

 Context examples 

The picture of the bewhiskered trio, as he had last seen them, mulcted of four dollars and ninety cents and a ferry ticket, made him chuckle.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)