1. Deprive of by deceit
   "The con artists mulcted the elderly couple of their savings";
   - swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer, informal], diddle [informal], bunco [N. Amer, informal], defraud, scam [informal], hornswoggle [N. Amer, informal], short-change, con [informal], ream [N. Amer, informal], grift [N. Amer, informal], bunko [N. Amer, informal], fleece [informal]
    
2. Impose a fine on
   "he was mulcted for littering";
   - fine

1. Money extracted as a penalty
   "The court imposed a mulct for the minor offence";
   - fine, amercement [archaic]

Derived forms: mulcts, mulcted, mulcting

Type of: cheat, chisel [informal], impose, levy, penalty, rip off [informal]

Encyclopedia: Mulct