mulct /mʌlkt/verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •To impose such a fine or penalty.I say that I have seen the current issue of the Thursday Review, and I can quite understand him wanting to mulct the journal in substantial damages […] — 1960 •To swindle (someone) out of money.However, the pressure on the legislature to license an occupation rarely comes from the members of the public who have been mulcted or in other ways abused by members of the occupation. — 1962 noun1 •A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one.juries cast up what a wife is worth, / By laying whate'er sum in mulct they please on / The lover, who must pay a handsome price, / Because it is a marketable vice. — 1819 formsmulcted · mulcting · mulcts
