Mulct
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mʌlkt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mulct is a noun meaning (law) A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one.
Meaning
(law) A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one.
More Meanings
- To impose such a fine or penalty.
- (transitive) To swindle (someone) out of money.
Example Sentences
[…]by the Salic law, no higher mulct was imposed for killing, than for kidnapping a slave.
I say that I have seen the current issue of the Thursday Review, and I can quite understand him wanting to mulct the journal in substantial damages […]
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.
The Act of Uniformity had laid a mulct of a hundred pounds on every person who, not having received episcopal ordination, should presume to administer the Eucharist.
Word Forms
- mulcts
- mulcting
- mulcted
Synonyms for mulct
Depending on context, synonyms include fine, swindle, con, diddle, nobble, bunco.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include amercement, defraud, nobble, bunco, swindle, gyp.
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