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- Dictionarymulct/mʌlkt/
verb
- 1. extract money from (someone) by fine or taxation: "they have turned mulcting taxpayers into an art form"
noun
- 1. a fine or compulsory payment.
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MULCT definition: 1. to make someone pay money, as a fine (= a punishment) or in tax: 2. a payment that you are…. Learn more.
1. : to punish by a fine. 2. a. : to defraud especially of money : swindle. b. : to obtain by fraud, duress, or theft. Did you know? The Multi-Layered Mulct. A fine assessed as a penalty for an infraction is generally considered justifiable. Fraud, on the other hand, is wrong—it's just the sort of thing that deserves a fine.
MULCT meaning: 1. to make someone pay money, as a fine (= a punishment) or in tax: 2. a payment that you are…. Learn more.
The meaning of mulct is as nasty as it sounds; it means to fine someone or the money you collect as a result of a fine. No one wants to pay an extra mulct to the city, when it's the city who mismanaged the budget.
to deprive (someone) of something, as by fraud, extortion, etc.; swindle. to obtain (money or the like) by fraud, extortion, etc. to punish (a person) by fine, especially for a misdemeanor.
mulct. (mŭlkt) n. A penalty such as a fine. tr.v. mulct·ed, mulct·ing, mulcts. 1. To penalize by fining or demanding forfeiture. 2. To take (something) from another person by means of unseemly or deceptive methods.
to punish by a fine or by depriving of something. 2. to extract (money, etc.) from (someone), as by fraud or deceit. noun. 3. a fine or similar penalty. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin. L mulctare < mulcta, multa, a fine. Word Frequency.
1. to punish by a fine or by depriving of something. [...] 2. to extract (money, etc.) from (someone), as by fraud or deceit. [...] 3. a fine or similar penalty. [...] More. Conjugations of 'mulct' present simple: I mulct, you mulct [...] past simple: I mulcted, you mulcted [...] past participle: mulcted. More. Synonyms of 'mulct'
To punish by a fine or by depriving of something. To take (something) from another person by means of unseemly or deceptive methods. To extract (money, etc.) from (someone), as by fraud or deceit. To take something from (another) by means of unseemly or deceptive methods.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use mulct in a sentence He fixed 500,000l. as a mulct for an insult offered to himself, and then a rebellion broke out in consequence of his violence.
