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Word of the Day: Mulct

Saturday, January 13, 2024

Mulct

verb

1. Extract money from (someone) by fine or taxation.

noun

1. A fine or compulsory payment.

"If you don't pay the tax when you renew your license, a bill will be sent to mulct the payment."

"The new mayor is going to mulct us next year over property taxes."

"I owe a mulct on my library books because I forgot to return them last week."

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Latin, late 15th century

If you've ever heard the word "milk" used in the sense of "milking someone" for a payment or a fine, it's likely the intended word was "mulct." Both "milk" and "mulct" appear in the Oxford English Dictionary with virtually identical definitions related to extracting payment, but "mulct" is about 100 years older. ...