MULCT
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)
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)
• MULCT (verb)
Meaning:
Deprive of by deceit
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
mulct; nobble; rook; scam; swindle; hornswoggle; gyp; goldbrick; gip; diddle; defraud; con; bunco; short-change; victimize
Context examples:
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
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
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
