Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mulct
Participle: mulcted
Gerund: mulcting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mulct |
| you | mulct |
| he;she;it | mulcts |
| we | mulct |
| you | mulct |
| they | mulct |
Perfect
| I | have mulcted |
| you | have mulcted |
| he;she;it | has mulcted |
| we | have mulcted |
| you | have mulcted |
| they | have mulcted |
Past
| I | mulcted |
| you | mulcted |
| he;she;it | mulcted |
| we | mulcted |
| you | mulcted |
| they | mulcted |
Pluperfect
| I | had mulcted |
| you | had mulcted |
| he;she;it | had mulcted |
| we | had mulcted |
| you | had mulcted |
| they | had mulcted |
Future
| I | will mulct |
| you | will mulct |
| he;she;it | will mulct |
| we | will mulct |
| you | will mulct |
| they | will mulct |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mulcted |
| you | will have mulcted |
| he;she;it | will have mulcted |
| we | will have mulcted |
| you | will have mulcted |
| they | will have mulcted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mulct |
| you | mulct |
| he;she;it | mulct |
| we | mulct |
| you | mulct |
| they | mulct |
Perfect
| I | have mulcted |
| you | have mulcted |
| he;she;it | have mulcted |
| we | have mulcted |
| you | have mulcted |
| they | have mulcted |
Imperfect
| I | mulcted |
| you | mulcted |
| he;she;it | mulcted |
| we | mulcted |
| you | mulcted |
| they | mulcted |
Pluperfect
| I | had mulcted |
| you | had mulcted |
| he;she;it | had mulcted |
| we | had mulcted |
| you | had mulcted |
| they | had mulcted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mulct |
| you | would mulct |
| he;she;it | would mulct |
| we | would mulct |
| you | would mulct |
| they | would mulct |
Perfect
| I | would have mulcted |
| you | would have mulcted |
| he;she;it | would have mulcted |
| we | would have mulcted |
| you | would have mulcted |
| they | would have mulcted |
Imperative
| you | mulct |
| we | Let's mulct |
| you | mulct |
Verbs conjugated like 'mulct'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mulct'
mulch,
culch,
duct,
dulce,
gulch,
malt,
melt,
milt,
molt,
moult,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- defraud
- swindle, fleece, bleed, milk, trick, deceive, lie
- fine
- penalize, reprove, punish, amerce
Antonyms
- fine
- coarse, blunt, clumsy, brutish
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1483, from Fr.
mulcter "to fine, punish," from L.
mulctare, altered from
multare "punish, to fine," from
multa "penalty, fine," perhaps from Oscan or Samnite. Sense of "defraud" is first recorded 1748.
2. From Middle French mulcter (“to fine, punish”), from Latin mulcta (“penalty, fine”). Possibly a doublet of milk. See: Middle French '
mulcter'.
Sample Sentences
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None of their numerous quarrels with Rome from 437 (?) B.C. onwards (Liv. 4. 17) led to any decisive result until their rebellion in the year 341 B.C., when the city, despite its strong position on a hill with steep sides, was taken (e.g. Polyb. 1. 65) and mulcted of half its territory. [1897, Robert Seymour Conway, The Italic Dialects, Cambridge University Press, page 370:]
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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, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:]
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Mr. Train's most celebrated real life case was said to have been the prosecution in 1914 of Henry Siegel, operator of a chain of dry-goods stores, who was accused of mulcting thousands in a savings account scheme. [1945 December 23, “Arthur Train Dead; Created Mr. Tutt”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]
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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, Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom, page 140:]