amerce, burn, cog the dice, diddle, escheatment, fleece, gull, pack the deal, sconce, sting
Definitionn. money extracted as a penalty
Last update: August 7, 2015
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Ought to be enquired after, and to mulct, arrest, punish, chastise and reform"; also "to preserve the public streams of our admiralty as well for the preservation of our royal navy, and of the fleets and vessels of our kingdom. [Please select]
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The Germans felt that they were being mulcted and quite naturally they did not like it. [Please select]
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A new purchase at some monster sale for which a gull has been mulcted. [Please select]
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For these reasons, they had already been mulcted in differences to the extent of, in round numbers, 165,000 pounds. [Please select]
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The intense struggle between the two machines cost the city a great sum, for the taxpayers were mulcted to pay the bills. [Please select]
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Milton was already punished by the loss of his sight, and he was now mulcted in three-fourths of his small fortune. [Please select]
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Meanwhile the nobles and gentry had been alarmed and mulcted, and were ready to join hands with the Kirk in its day of resistance. [Please select]
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Hitherto, a sum has been fixed, and the nation mulcted has been left free to devise and select for itself the means of payment. [Please select]
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