mulct
/mʌlkt/
noun
- A fine or penalty, especially one involving the loss of money.
- The city council increased the mulct for illegal parking downtown.
- He paid the mulct without complaint, knowing he had broken the rule.
- The mulct for littering in the park was fifty dollars.
Antonyms
verb
- To take money from someone by fraud or deception; to swindle or cheat.
- The con artist mulcted several elderly people out of their life savings.
- They tried to mulct the tourists by charging them triple the normal price.
- The company was found guilty of mulcting customers through hidden fees.
- To punish someone by taking away money, such as a fine or penalty.
- The landlord was mulcted for failing to fix the broken heater in the apartment.
- In ancient times, a judge could mulct a citizen for minor offenses.
- The court decided to mulct the driver for his reckless behavior on the road.