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mulcts

mulcts is the plural of mulct.

mulcts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mulct.

Meaning of mulct

Noun

mulct (plural mulcts)

  1. A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one.
    • juries cast up what a wife is worth, / By laying whate'er sum in mulct they please on / The lover, who must pay a handsome price, / Because it is a marketable vice.1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, stanza LXIV

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Questions about mulcts

What is mulcts the plural of?
Mulcts is the plural of mulct.

Words near mulcts in the dictionary

  1. mulctable
  2. mulctary
  3. mulcted
  4. mulcting
  5. mulctings
  6. mulcts
  7. mulctuary
  8. Mulder
  9. Mulder and Scully
  10. Mulderangst
  11. Muldergate

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