mulcts 1 of 2

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

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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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mulcts
  1. fines
  2. cheats
  3. penalties
  4. plucks
  5. squeezes
  6. stings
  7. hustles
  8. beats
Noun
  • If not, the Department of Toxic Substances could issue fines of up to $10,000.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • As a result, officials said the daily fines accumulated into a $55,650 lien.
    — Larry Seward, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Definition of fines
Verb
  • Any forward who cheats for defence, as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has for much of his career, will play an elevated role on a Babcock team.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Though Lesnar rarely cheats to win, Femi isn’t going to lose clean.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of cheats
Noun
  • Glaringly, though, xAI does not indicate that Harwood received any warnings that his account risked penalties.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026
  • Early withdrawal penalties apply, at 90 days of interest for terms of a year or less and 180 days for longer terms.
    — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of penalties
Verb
  • His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.
    — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Definition of plucks
Verb
  • Ghiggia gallops in from the right and squeezes a finish in at the near post to win the cup for Uruguay in the Maracana.
    — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • As a result, food inflation squeezes the amount of money people have left over to buy things like Levi's jeans and plane tickets, which brings us to our next earnings preview.
    — Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 July 2026
Definition of squeezes
Verb
  • That still stings, even if Wicky wasn’t one of the three to attempt a penalty.
    — Sam McDowell July 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
  • If feedback stings, take a breath, separate taste from task, and keep what improves the result.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
Definition of stings
Verb
  • Jessica Gonzalez hustles behind her booth at the recent Renegade Craft Fair, frantically ringing up sales, answering questions and packaging her beeswax candles.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Despite concerns that chip stocks could be topping out as the industry hustles to boost supply, Wall Street thinks Micron still has plenty of room to run.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 22 June 2026
Definition of hustles
Verb
  • In any case, a few days delay beats a significant issue in flight.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
  • For the last several weeks there have been a litany of reports about how Netflix is approaching the future or trying to chase down YouTube, which still beats Netflix in terms of the amount of hours people spend on the platform.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 July 2026
Definition of beats
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