| Mulct 1. (n.) A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty. 2. (n.) A blemish or defect. 3. (v. t.) To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine. 4. (v. t.) Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline. Thesaurus Entries amerce, amercement, beat, beguile of, bilk, bleed, bunco, burn, cheat, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, claim, cog, cog the dice, con, cozen, crib, damages, defraud, demand, diddle, distrain, distraint, distress, do in, do out of, escheat, escheatment, estreat, euchre, exact, finagle, fine, flam, fleece, flimflam, fob, forfeit, forfeiture, fudge, gouge, gull, gyp, have, hocus, hocus-pocus, levy a distress, milk, pack the deal, penalty, pigeon, practice fraud upon, require, rook, scam, sconce, screw, sell gold bricks, shave, shortchange, stack the cards, stick, sting, sweat, swindle, take a dive, thimblerig, throw a fight, victimize |