英语词汇“mulct”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	mulct
释义	mulct I. \ˈməlkt\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin multa, mulcta 1. : fine, penalty, amercement 2. : an arbitrary exaction especially of money < a bill requiring bookmakers to buy a fifty-dollar tax stamp and then pay a mulct of 10 percent on their gross business — A.J.Liebling > II. transitive verb (mulcted ; mulcted or mulct ; mulcting ; mulcts) Etymology: Latin multare, mulctare, from multa, mulcta, n. 1. : to punish or penalize by imposing a usually pecuniary fine or forfeiture : exact a mulct from : fine < be mulcted or expelled by the stock exchange committee — G.B.Shaw > 2. a. : to defraud especially of money (as by extortion) : bleed, milk, swindle < aid the claimants in mulcting the insurance company — B.C.Dawkins > < mulcted of their meager savings by thieves and swindlers — American Guide Series: New York > b. : to obtain (as money) from someone in an excessive amount or by fraud, duress, or theft < mail fraud in mulcting $60,000 from clients — Time > < had mulcted an object of no value — S.J.Perelman >
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