21 December 2017

mulct

[muhlkt]

verb (used with object)

1. to deprive (someone) of something, as by fraud, extortion, etc.; swindle.
2. to obtain (money or the like) by fraud, extortion, etc.
3. to punish (a person) by fine, especially for a misdemeanor.
noun
4. a fine, especially for a misdemeanor.

Origin of mulct

Latin

1475-1485 First recorded in 1475-85, mulct is from the Latin word mul(c)ta penalty involving loss of property

Related forms

unmulcted, adjective

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Examples from the Web for mulct

Historical Examples

The entire business is carried on to catch and mulct tourists.
Paris Vistas
Helen Davenport Gibbons

If he come into debt by Contract, or mulct, the case is the same.
Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes

It is too early yet to say what the result of the “ mulct ” Act will be.
Sober by Act of Parliament
Fred A. McKenzie

The offence that held 1500 soldiers in check was met by a mulct of two half-crowns.
Merchantmen-at-Arms
David W. Bone

The mulct to be imposed upon the parish of Epinal was never exacted.
The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
Richard Garnett

When he is warned on a jury, he had rather pay the mulct than appear.
Character Writings of the 17th Century
Various

Today’s quote
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

– Kurt Vonnegut

On this day

21 December 1913 – American newspaper, New York World, publishes the world’s first crossword puzzle. It was created by English journalist, Arthur Wynne.

21 December 1940 – birth of Frank Zappa, American revolutionary musician. Died 3 December 1993.

21 December 1991 – representatives of all Soviet Republics, except Georgia, signed the Alma-Ata Protocol which confirmed the Belavezha Accords of 8 December 1991 that declared the Soviet Union dissolved.

21 December 2012 – end of the world as predicted by the Ancient Mayans … or is it just the end of an age within their calendar? All was revealed … and it was a non-event …

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