mulct
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mulct
- /mʌlkt/
Rhymes with -ʌlkt
Where it comes from
From Middle French mulcter (“to fine, punish”), from Latin mulcta (“penalty, fine”). Possibly a doublet of milk.
noun mulcts
- A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one. juries cast up what a wife is worth, / By laying whate'er sum in mulct they please on / The lover, who must pay a handsome price, / Because it is a marketable vice.
verb mulcts · mulcting · mulcted
- To impose such a fine or penalty. None of their numerous quarrels with Rome from 437 (?) B.C. onwards (Liv. 4. 17) led to any decisive result until their rebellion in the year 341 B.C., when the city, despite its strong position on a hill with steep sides, was taken (e.g. Polyb. 1. 65) and mulcted of half its territory.
- To swindle (someone) out of money. Mr. Train's most celebrated real life case was said to have been the prosecution in 1914 of Henry Siegel, operator of a chain of dry-goods stores, who was accused of mulcting thousands in a savings account scheme.
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verb impose a fine
| Español | multar |
|---|---|
| Português | multar |
| Français | mulcter, verbaliser |
| Русский | штрафова́ть štrafovátʹ, оштрафова́ть oštrafovátʹ |
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