mulct
Plural: mulcts
Noun
- money extracted as a penalty
- A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one.
Verb
Verb Forms: mulcted, mulcting, mulcts
- To defraud or fine someone for a misdeed.
- deprive of by deceit
- impose a fine on
- To impose such a fine or penalty.
- To swindle (someone) out of money.
Examples
- The opponent tried to MULCT me out of a challenging Scrabble word by claiming it was invalid.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French mulcter (“to fine, punish”), from Latin multa (“penalty, fine”). Possibly a doublet of milk.
Synonyms
amercement, bunco, con, defraud, diddle, fine, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize
Scrabble Score: 9
mulct: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmulct: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mulct: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary