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English noun: mulct | |||
| 1. | mulct (possession) money extracted as a penalty | ||
| Synonyms | amercement, fine | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | penalty | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | library fine | ||
English verb: mulct | |||
| 1. | mulct (social) deprive of by deceit | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | They mulct him of all his money | ||
| Synonyms | bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cheat, chisel, rip off | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | short, short-change | ||
| 2. | mulct (possession) impose a fine on | ||
| Samples | He was fined for littering. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s VERB-ing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | impose, levy | ||
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