What does mulct mean?
Definitions for mulct
mʌlktmulct
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Princeton's WordNet
fine, mulct, amercementverb
money extracted as a penalty
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, converb
deprive of by deceit
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
mulctverb
impose a fine on
"he was fined for littering"
Wiktionary
mulctnoun
A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one.
mulctverb
To impose such a fine.
mulctverb
To swindle (someone) out of money.
Etymology: From mulcta, from.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Mulctnoun
A fine; a penalty: used commonly of pecuniary penalty.
Etymology: mulcta, Latin.
Because this is a great part, and Eusebius hath yet said nothing, we will, by way of mulct or pain, lay it upon him. Francis Bacon, holy War.
Look humble upward, see his will disclose
The forfeit first, and then the fine impose;
A mulct thy poverty could never pay,
Had not eternal wisdom found the way. Dryden.To Mulctverb
To punish with fine or forfeiture.
Etymology: mulcto, Lat. mulcter, Fr.
Marriage without consent of parents they do not make void, but they mulct it in the inheritors; for the children of such marriages are not admitted to inherit above a third part of their parents inheritance. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis.
Wikipedia
mulct
A fine or mulct (the latter synonym typically used in civil law) is a penalty of money that a court of law or other authority decides has to be paid as punishment for a crime or other offense. The amount of a fine can be determined case by case, but it is often announced in advance. The most usual use of the term is for financial punishments for the commission of crimes, especially minor crimes, or as the settlement of a claim. One common example of a fine is money paid for violations of traffic laws. Currently in English common law, relatively small fines are used either in place of or alongside community service orders for low-level criminal offences. Larger fines are also given independently or alongside shorter prison sentences when the judge or magistrate considers a considerable amount of retribution is necessary, but there is unlikely to be significant danger to the public. For instance, fraud is often punished by very large fines since fraudsters are typically banned from the position or profession they abused to commit their crimes. Fines can also be used as a form of tax. Money for bail may be applied toward a fine. A day-fine is a fine that, above a minimum, is based on personal income (similar to progressive taxation), as opposed to a fine of a fixed amount. Day-fines are often implemented as a way to alleviate some of the burden on the poor, who might otherwise have issues paying/affording some fines.Some fines are small, such as for loitering, for which fines (in the United States) range from about $25 to $100. In some areas of the United States (for example California, New York, Texas, and Washington D.C.), fines for petty crimes, such as criminal mischief (shouting in public places, projecting an object at a police car) range from $2,500 to $5,000.
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mulct
Mulct is a noun that refers to a penalty, fine, or punishment imposed for an offense. As a verb, it means to extract money from someone, often by means of fines, taxation, or fraudulent practices; or to penalize a person by fine for an offense.
Webster Dictionary
Mulctnoun
a fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty
Mulctnoun
a blemish or defect
Mulctverb
to punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine
Mulctverb
hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline
Etymology: [L. mulctare, multare.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Mulct
mulkt, n. a fine: a penalty.—v.t. to fine.—adjs. Mulc′tary, Mulc′tūary, imposing a fine: paid as a fine. [L. mulcta, a fine.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
mulct
A fine in money for some fault or misdemeanour. Also, fines formerly laid on ships by a trading company, to raise money for the maintenance of consuls, &c.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
mulct
A soldier is said to be mulcted of his pay when put under fine or stoppages for necessaries, or to make good some dilapidations committed by him on the property of the people or the government.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mulct in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mulct in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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- pokutaCzech
- mulctDanish
- multar, multaSpanish
- تاوانPersian
- sakottaa, sakkoFinnish
- mulcter, amende, verbaliserFrench
- वंचित करनाHindi
- dendaIndonesian
- multaItalian
- モルタルJapanese
- multarentLatin
- глобаMacedonian
- mulktNorwegian
- geldboeteDutch
- mulktNorwegian Nynorsk
- bøteneNorwegian
- grzywnaPolish
- multar, multa, MultePortuguese
- оштрафовать, штраф, пеняRussian
- குற்றத்திற்குத் தண்டம் விதிTamil
- mulctTelugu
- สินไหมThai
- çarpmakTurkish
- пеняUkrainian
- جرمانہUrdu
- MulctVietnamese
- מולקטYiddish
- 罚金Chinese
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