Thesaurus
past tense of mulct
Synonyms of mulcted
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
- trying to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened
Synonyms for mulcted
- beat,
- bilked,
- bled,
- cheated,
- chiseled
- (or chiselled),
- choused,
- conned,
- cozened,
- defrauded,
- did,
- diddled,
- did in,
- euchred,
- fiddled,
- fleeced,
- flimflammed,
- gaffed,
- hosed
- [slang],
- hustled,
- nobbled
- [British slang],
- plucked,
- reamed,
- ripped off,
- rooked,
- screwed,
- shook down,
- shortchanged,
- shorted,
- skinned,
- skunked,
- squeezed,
- stiffed,
- stuck,
- stung,
- suckered,
- swindled,
- thimblerigged,
- victimized
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“Mulcted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mulcted. Accessed 29 Jan. 2022.
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