| NOUN | possession | mulct, fine, amercement | money extracted as a penalty |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | social | mulct, victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, hornswoggle, short-change, con | deprive of by deceit |
| possession | mulct | impose a fine on |
| Sounds | mah'lkt | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | money extracted as a penalty. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | fine, amercement | |
| Narrower | library fine | fine imposed by a library on books that overdue when returned |
| Broader | penalty | A payment required for not fulfilling a contract |
| Spanish | amercement, multa | |
| Catalan | amercement, multa, sanció pecuniària | |
| Verbs | mulct | impose a fine on |
| Meaning | deprive of by deceit. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Model | They mulct him of all his money | |
| Synonyms | victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, hornswoggle, short-change, con | |
| Narrower | short-change, short | cheat someone by not returning him enough money |
| Broader | cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit |
| Spanish | dar gato por liebre, defraudar, embaucar, engañar, estafar, petardear, timar, victimizar | |
| Catalan | defraudar, entabanar, estafar | |
| Meaning | impose a fine on. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s VERB-ing | |
| Broader | levy, impose | impose and collect |
| Spanish | multar | |
| Catalan | multar, penyorar | |
| Nouns | mulct | money extracted as a penalty |
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