mulct

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

money extracted as a penalty
• Syn:
fine, amercement
• Derivationally related forms:
amerce (for: amercement), fine (for: fine)
• Hypernyms:
penalty
• Hyponyms:
library fine

II - verb

1. 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
• Syn:
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble,
diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, gyp, gip,
hornswoggle, short-change, con
• Derivationally related forms:
con (for: con), gyp (for: gyp), scammer (for: scam), scam (for: scam), defrauder (for: defraud), bunco (for: bunco), swindler (for: swindle), swindle (for: swindle), victimization (for: victimize)
• Hypernyms:
cheat, rip off, chisel
• Hyponyms:
short-change, short
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- They mulct him of all his money
2. impose a fine on
- he was fined for littering
• Hypernyms:
levy, impose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fine, amercement