mulct

n.
A penalty such as a fine.

tr.v., mulct·ed, mulct·ing, mulcts.

1. To penalize by fining or demanding forfeiture.
2. To acquire by trickery or deception.
3. To defraud or swindle.

[From Middle English multen, to fine, from Latin multāre, mulctāre, from mulcta, fine.]

noun

A sum of money levied as punishment for an offense: amercement, fine², penalty. See reward/punish/deserve.

verb

1. To impose a fine on: amerce, fine², penalize. See reward/punish/deserve.
2. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery: bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, rook, swindle, victimize. Informal chisel, flimflam, take, trim. Slang diddle¹, do, gyp, stick, sting. See honest/dishonest.

A fine or penalty imposed for an offense, 93 N.W. 372, 378; a forfeiture, 137 P. 841, 844.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: money extracted as a penalty
  Synonyms: fine, amercement

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The verb mulct has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: deprive of by deceit
  Synonyms: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, gyp, con

Meaning #2: impose a fine on
  Synonym: fine

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - idømme bøde, frarøve, frasvindle
n. - bøde

Nederlands (Dutch)
beboeten, afzetten, boete

Français (French)
v. tr. - frapper d'une amende, extorquer qch à qn
n. - amende

Deutsch (German)
v. - eine Geldstrafe auferlegen, betrügen
n. - Geldstrafe

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επιβάλλω πρόστιμο/χρηματική ποινή (κν. χαρατσώνω)
n. - πρόστιμο, χρηματική ποινή (κν. χαράτσι)

Italiano (Italian)
multare, deprivare, multa, truffa

Português (Portuguese)
v. - privar de, multar
n. - multa (f)

Русский (Russian)
штрафовать, лишать чего-л. с целью наказания, штраф

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - multar
n. - multa

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bötfälla, pungslå
n. - plikt, böter

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
处以罚金, 抢夺, 罚金

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 處以罰金, 搶奪
n. - 罰金

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 사기로 빼앗다, 벌금형에 처하다
n. - 벌금

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 罰金
v. - だまして奪う, 科料に処する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) غرامه, جزاء (الاسم) يبتز, يلطش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סחט ע"י מס או קנס, הונה‬
n. - ‮קנס‬

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