Mulct (Verb)
Meaning 1
Impose a fine on; "he was fined for littering".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The city would mulct drivers who ignored the speed limit and endangered others.
- The company was forced to mulct its reckless employees for violating safety protocols.
- The judge decided to mulct the defendant for not attending the court hearing.
- The council voted to mulct anyone who failed to pay their local taxes on time.
- The state officials announced plans to mulct gas-guzzling car owners in an effort to reduce emissions.
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Meaning 2
Deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";.
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The lawyer was accused of attempting to mulct his clients out of their life savings through false promises and deceitful practices.
- The wealthy businessman was able to mulct the unsuspecting investors by misrepresenting the potential returns on their investment.
- She knowingly tried to mulct the bank out of its money through forgeries and identity theft.
- The unscrupulous financial advisor was found guilty of trying to mulct his clients out of their retirement funds.
- The con artist mulcted several elderly people out of their life savings by selling them worthless shares in a fake company.