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noun

ˈməlkt How to pronounce mulct (audio)
Definition of mulctnext
as in penalty
a sum of money to be paid as a punishment the loan shark usually imposed a mulct of an additional 20% on overdue payments

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verb

as in to cheat
to rob by the use of trickery or threats trying to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened

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Recent Examples of mulct
Verb
As my colleague Kevin Baxter has reported, fans are beginning to feel mulcted. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mulct
  1. penalty
  2. cheat
  3. fine
  4. pluck
  5. damages
  6. squeeze
  7. sting
  8. hustle
Noun
  • Not to mention, the Seahawks left plenty of room for growth, whether that’s cleaning up pre-snap penalties or being more explosive as an offense.
    — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Warriors defense hurt themselves with two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties on the drive.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of penalty
Verb
  • Some of the common concerns addressed by the guidance include the privacy of student data being input into AI systems, the potential for cheating and emphasis on human input and verification.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
  • In an atmosphere of uncertainty—and given prevailing concerns about students using AI to cheat—such bans would seem to make some sense.
    — Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of cheat
Noun
  • Any scooter found parked, stored or ridden on campus is subject to fines and impoundment, with enforcement beginning in September after a month-long warning period.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The schools also voted 15-0 to give commissioner Greg Sankey power to levy stiff penalties (fines potentially worth tens of millions and a half-season suspension for a head coach) upon schools that roster ex-pros bouncing back to college.
    — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of fine
Verb
  • That’s what life is like for NFL players who were plucked off the waiver wire last week, or those who have signed with a new team last week after not making their old team’s initial 53-man roster.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Last January Nessie O’Neil, a graduate student in biology at Miami University in Ohio, watched as a young pygmy raccoon plucked a receipt from the paper trash.
    — Isabel Gil, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of pluck
Noun
  • On Friday, several voters who signed a referendum petition putting the new congressional district map to a statewide vote in November filed suit seeking class-action status for monetary damages against Hoskins.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The states’ lawsuit, filed Monday morning in the Southern District of New York, does not seek monetary damages from the federal government, but rather asks the court to block the rule, invalidate it and prevent DHS from using it.
    — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of damages
Verb
  • Oil prices, meanwhile, continued to climb as fighting in the Middle East keeps squeezing the global flow of crude.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The price for a barrel of Brent crude went above $109 on Monday morning as fighting in the Middle East keeps squeezing the global flow of oil.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of squeeze
Verb
  • Mas launched his own stinging move around the same place that Omrzel attacked.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • And the harsh reviews from her fellow breakers weren’t even what stung Gunn the most.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of sting
Verb
  • In the press box, Ravens assistants hustled downstairs to join the celebration.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Who hasn’t hustled out into the backyard to mimic their sports heroes?
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of hustle

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