Library / English Dictionary

MULCT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Money extracted as a penalty

Synonyms:

amercement; fine; mulct

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impose a fine on

Example:

he was fined for littering

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deprive of by deceit

Example:

She defrauded the customers who trusted her

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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

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