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mulct
N ค่าปรับ
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MULCT
n.[L. mulcta or multa. ] A fine imposed on a person guilty of some offense or misdemeanor, usually a pecuniary fine.
MULCT
v.t.[L. mulcto.] To fine; to punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a pecuniary fine.
MULCTUARY
a.Imposing a pecuniary penalty.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MULCT
Mulct, n. Etym: [L. mulcta, multa. ]
1. A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.
2. A blemish or defect. [Obs. ]
Syn. -- Amercement; forfeit; forfeiture; penalty.
MULCT
Mulct, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mulcted; p. pr. & vb. n. Mulcting.] Etym: [L. mulctare, multare.]
1. To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine.
2. Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline. [Obs. ]
MULCTARY; MULCTUARY
MULCTARY; MULCTUARY Mulc "ta *ry, Mulc "tu *a *ry, a.
Defn: Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine. Fines, or some known mulctuary punishments. Sir W. Temple.
New American Oxford Dictionary
mulct
mulct |məlkt məlkt | formal ▶verb [ with obj. ] extract money from (someone ) by fine or taxation: no government dared propose to mulct the taxpayer for such a purpose. • (mulct someone of ) deprive someone of (money or possessions ) by fraudulent means: he mulcted Shelly of $75,000. ▶noun a fine or compulsory payment. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Latin mulctare, multare, from mulcta ‘a fine. ’
Oxford Dictionary
mulct
mulct |mʌlkt | formal ▶verb [ with obj. ] extract money from (someone ) by fine or taxation. • (mulct something of ) take money or possessions from (someone ) by fraudulent means: a rapacious old woman who would never miss the few dollars mulcted of her. ▶noun a fine or compulsory payment. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Latin mulctare, multare, from mulcta ‘a fine ’.
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