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mulct n. [
fine, amercement] money extracted as a penalty
. wn #2
mulct v. [
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con] 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"
. wn #3
mulct v. impose a fine on; "he was fined for littering"
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