Synonyms of mulcts

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noun

plural of mulct

as in fines

a sum of money to be paid as a punishment

the loan shark usually imposed a mulct of an additional 20% on overdue payments

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fines
• penalties
• forfeitures
• damages
• forfeits
• reparations
• compensations
• indemnities
• awards
• assessments

mulcts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mulct

as in cheats

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

trying to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheats
• plucks
• squeezes
• stings
• hustles
• beats
• sticks
• defrauds
• screws
• bilks
• swindles
• cozens
• victimizes
• bleeds
• fleeces
• does
• shakes down
• nobbles
• rips off
• deceives
• chisels
• tricks
• diddles
• shorts
• chouses
• fiddles
• shortchanges
• suckers
• reams
• stiffs
• cons
• extorts
• rooks
• skins
• exploits
• thimblerigs
• gaffs
• euchres
• flimflams
• fools
• hoses
• betrays
• does in
• skunks
• takes to the cleaners
• wrenches
• takes for a ride
• sells a bill of goods to
• overcharges
• gouges
• clips
• wrests
• milks
• wrings
• nicks
• soaks
• dupes
• gulls
• ropes (in)
• bitches
• bamboozles
• double-crosses
• fast-talks