to defraud or swindle. noun à¦à¦°à¦¿à¦à¦¾à¦¨à¦¾ fine, penalty, mulct, forfeit, amercement à¦à§à¦¸à¦¾à¦°à§ ransom, compensation, indemnity, amends, forfeit, mulct verb à¦à¦°à¦¿à¦à¦¾à¦¨à¦¾ à¦à¦°à¦¾ fine, mulct, amerce, assess, estreat à¦¬à¦à¦à¦¿à¦¤ à¦à¦°à¦¾ mulct (v.) deprive of by deceit. Synonyms: rook. scam. gip. cheat. chisel. nobble. goldbrick. con. short-change. rip off. short. gyp. bunco. victimize. hornswoggle. diddle. defraud. swindle. mulct (v.) impose a fine on. Synonyms: levy. impose. mulct (n.) money extracted as a penalty. Synonyms: penalty. library fine. fine. amercement. bereave, despoil, spoil, amputate, abnegate, mulct. : to defraud or swindle The so-called magical diet cure simply ended up mulcting Maria out of hundreds of dollars, but did nothing for her weight. Definition of Mulct the extort money from someone Examples of Mulct in a sentence The unethical reporter managed to mulct $500,000 from the corrupt police department. Insisting that he would report his philandering boss, the whistleblower was able to mulct hush money. Blackmailers were able to mulct several thousand dollars from the crooked politician. Although he failed to mulct any money, the extortionist was able to make a few enemies in the business. Black market traders were able to mulct extortion money from some of the higer-ups in the illegal exchange community