Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To impose such a fine or penalty. · To swindle (someone) out of money.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one.
From Middle French mulcter (“to fine, punish”), from Latin mulcta (“penalty, fine”). Possibly a doublet of milk.
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