"mulct" meaning in All languages combined

See mulct on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /mʌlkt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mulct.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mulcts [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌlkt Etymology: From Middle French mulcter (“to fine, punish”), from Latin multa (“penalty, fine”). Possibly a doublet of milk. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|mulcter||to fine, punish}} Middle French mulcter (“to fine, punish”), {{uder|en|la|multa||penalty, fine}} Latin multa (“penalty, fine”), {{doublet|en|milk|nocap=1}} doublet of milk Head templates: {{en-noun}} mulct (plural mulcts)
  1. (law) A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-mulct-en-noun-U3CdmTdh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 26 13 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 55 26 19 Topics: law

Verb [English]

IPA: /mʌlkt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mulct.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mulcts [present, singular, third-person], mulcting [participle, present], mulcted [participle, past], mulcted [past]
Rhymes: -ʌlkt Etymology: From Middle French mulcter (“to fine, punish”), from Latin multa (“penalty, fine”). Possibly a doublet of milk. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|mulcter||to fine, punish}} Middle French mulcter (“to fine, punish”), {{uder|en|la|multa||penalty, fine}} Latin multa (“penalty, fine”), {{doublet|en|milk|nocap=1}} doublet of milk Head templates: {{en-verb}} mulct (third-person singular simple present mulcts, present participle mulcting, simple past and past participle mulcted)
  1. To impose such a fine or penalty. Translations (impose a fine): глобявам (globjavam) (Bulgarian), sakottaa (Finnish), mulcter (French), verbaliser (French), ukarać grzywną [perfective] (Polish), multar (Portuguese), штрафова́ть (štrafovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оштрафова́ть (oštrafovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), multar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mulct-en-verb-234BGeN2 Disambiguation of 'impose a fine': 94 6
  2. (transitive) To swindle (someone) out of money. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mulct-en-verb-OT~GiV2R

Inflected forms

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