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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MULCT

Via French from Latin multa a fine.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MULCT

mulct  [mʌlkt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MULCT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mulct is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mulct in English.

WHAT DOES MULCT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mulct

Fine (penalty)

A fine is money paid usually to superior authority, usually governmental authority, as a punishment for a crime or other offence. The amount of a fine can be determined case by case, but it is often announced in advance. The fine bill for violation of traffic law in Czech Republic A warning sign in Singapore that states the fine for releasing vehicles that are immobilized with wheel clamps by Singapore Police Force officers. The most usual use of the term, fine, relates to a financial punishment for the commission of crimes, especially minor crimes, or as the settlement of a claim. A synonym, typically used in civil law actions, is mulct. One common example of a fine is money paid for violations of traffic laws. Currently in English Common Law, relatively small fines are used either in place of or alongside community service orders for low-level criminal offences. Larger fines are also given independently or alongside shorter prison sentences where the judge or magistrate considers a considerable amount of retribution is necessary, but there is unlikely to be significant danger to the public.

Definition of mulct in the English dictionary

The first definition of mulct in the dictionary is to cheat or defraud. Other definition of mulct is to fine. Mulct is also a fine or penalty.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MULCT

PRESENT

Present
I mulct
you mulct
he/she/it mulcts
we mulct
you mulct
they mulct
Present continuous
I am mulcting
you are mulcting
he/she/it is mulcting
we are mulcting
you are mulcting
they are mulcting
Present perfect
I have mulcted
you have mulcted
he/she/it has mulcted
we have mulcted
you have mulcted
they have mulcted
Present perfect continuous
I have been mulcting
you have been mulcting
he/she/it has been mulcting
we have been mulcting
you have been mulcting
they have been mulcting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I mulcted
you mulcted
he/she/it mulcted
we mulcted
you mulcted
they mulcted
Past continuous
I was mulcting
you were mulcting
he/she/it was mulcting
we were mulcting
you were mulcting
they were mulcting
Past perfect
I had mulcted
you had mulcted
he/she/it had mulcted
we had mulcted
you had mulcted
they had mulcted
Past perfect continuous
I had been mulcting
you had been mulcting
he/she/it had been mulcting
we had been mulcting
you had been mulcting
they had been mulcting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will mulct
you will mulct
he/she/it will mulct
we will mulct
you will mulct
they will mulct
Future continuous
I will be mulcting
you will be mulcting
he/she/it will be mulcting
we will be mulcting
you will be mulcting
they will be mulcting
Future perfect
I will have mulcted
you will have mulcted
he/she/it will have mulcted
we will have mulcted
you will have mulcted
they will have mulcted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been mulcting
you will have been mulcting
he/she/it will have been mulcting
we will have been mulcting
you will have been mulcting
they will have been mulcting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would mulct
you would mulct
he/she/it would mulct
we would mulct
you would mulct
they would mulct
Conditional continuous
I would be mulcting
you would be mulcting
he/she/it would be mulcting
we would be mulcting
you would be mulcting
they would be mulcting
Conditional perfect
I would have mulct
you would have mulct
he/she/it would have mulct
we would have mulct
you would have mulct
they would have mulct
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been mulcting
you would have been mulcting
he/she/it would have been mulcting
we would have been mulcting
you would have been mulcting
they would have been mulcting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you mulct
we let´s mulct
you mulct
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to mulct
Past participle
mulcted
Present Participle
mulcting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MULCT


unmilked
ʌnˈmɪlkt
welkt
wɛlkt
whelked
ˈwɛlkt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MULCT

mulatta
mulatto
mulattress
mulberries
mulberry
Mulberry Harbour
mulberry tree
mulch
Mulciber
Muldoon
mule
mule deer
mule driver
mule skinner
mule track
mules
Mules operation
muleta
muleteer
muley

WORDS THAT END LIKE MULCT

abstract
act
affect
as a matter of fact
collect
compact
conduct
connect
contact
contract
correct
ct
direct
district
effect
exact
expect
fact
impact
in the abstract

Synonyms and antonyms of mulct in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mulct» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MULCT

Find out the translation of mulct to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mulct from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mulct» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

罚金刑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mulct
570 millions of speakers

English

mulct
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जुर्माना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mulct
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mulct
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mulct
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জরিমানা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

amende
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mulct
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mulct
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mulct
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mulct
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mulct
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குற்றத்திற்குத் தண்டம் விதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मल्तट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çarpmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

multa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mulct
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mulct
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mulgă banii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mulct
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geldboete
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mulct
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bøtene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mulct

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MULCT»

The term «mulct» is regularly used and occupies the 102.208 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MULCT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mulct» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mulct» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mulct

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MULCT»

Discover the use of mulct in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mulct and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
General Report of the Emigration Commissioners
The minimum of pena ty shall be a mulct of 400 milreis. S. 2. The maximum shall be a mulct of 1200 milreis, with loss of oflice an inability to hold any other. ~'Art. XV. Every master or captain of a vessel met to the southward of the 20th degree of ...
Great Britain. Emigration Commission, 1843
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Freedom of the Streets: Work, Citizenship, and Sexuality in ...
MUNICIPAL INCOME FROM REGULATED VICE Only a year after Vollmer instituted regulation, Iowa's legislature produced a law one newspaper called ''an instance of political acrobatism that is without parallel in history'': the mulct law, ...
Sharon E. Wood, 2006
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
A body black, round, with small grain like tubercles an the surface ; not very unlike a mulberry. rVoodward. Mulct, it. t. [mulcta, Lat.] A fine ; a penalty ; used commonly of pecuniary penalty. Doe you then Argive Hellena, with all her treasure here ...
Henry John Todd, Samuel Johnson, 1805
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Regional environmental impact statement, Gulf of Mexico
UH Mulct 004 CM* Mulct 000 W 0l* it Mulct 000 St. Gttift SliM 000 C. Cud tl Millet R.S0 00 HHtk Atlantic 70 DUa* Fktf 09 Ml tl Mulct STHMtMbtti 70 MM Atari* 70 C M It Mulct 71 SO ABMBC 74 W.Sttfrf Millet 73 C. * N. CtMirail 71 0.MII Mulct 80 ...
United States. Minerals Management Service. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1983
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The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology
Mulct, a fine. (L.) L. mu!:ta, a fine ; also spelt multa. Der. mulct, verb. Mule. (L.) A.S. mal.-L. mulus, a mule.+Gk. ftStAot, an ass ; /iv*\a, a black stripe on an ass. mulatto, one of mixed breed. (Span. - L.) Span, mulato, the same as mulelo, a young ...
Walter W. Skeat, 1993
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The Hedaya, Or Guide: a Commentary on the Mussulman Laws: ...
A complete fine 'is therefore due in either instance, and the mulct for the wound is therein included z-in the instance of loss of reason,-because, as all the faculties of the body are thereby rendered null, the case is therefore, in effect, the same ...
'Abu-l-Hasan Burhan-al-din 'Ali ibn 'Abi Bakr al-Marginani, Charles Hamilton, Yahya Gulam, 1791
7
The Hedàya, Or Guide; a Commentary on the Mussulman Laws:: ...
A complete fine is therefore due in either instance, and the mulct for the wound is therein included:— in the instance of loss of reason, — because, as all the faculties of the body are thereby rendered null, the cafe is therefore, in effect, the fame ...
ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr Marghīnānī, 1791
8
A Collection of All the Ecclesiastical Laws, Canons, ...
The Bishop's Fee is an elevenfold Mulct. The Priest's Fee is a ninefold Mulct. The Deacon's Fee is a sixfold Mulct. The Clerk's Fee is a threefold Mulct. , A Church's c Peace is a twofold Mulct. e Peace. That is, The quiet Enjoyment of the Ser.
John Johnson, 1720
9
The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected
In meting out the quantity of thc mulct, the Judge will be directed not by the absolute quantity, but. by the relative quantity, relation had to the pecuniary circumstances of the delinquent. In the breast of a person, by whom property is possessed ...
Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring, 1839
10
Defence Of Usury: 3
In meting out the quantity of the mulct, the Judge will be directed not by the absolute quantity, but by the relative quantity, relation had to the pecuniary circumstances of the delinquent. In the breast of a person, by whom property is possessed ...
‎1843

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MULCT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mulct is used in the context of the following news items.
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Extra detention in jails without any remedy?
... be prevented and due compliance with the mandate of Article 21 secured, is to mulct its violators in the payment of monetary compensation. «The Hans India, Jul 15»
2
Ex-government prosecutor convicted of direct bribery
... Tuesday, the Sandiganbayan Second Division convicted Alexander C. Antonio of direct bribery, in connection with an attempt to mulct a party ... «BusinessWorld Online Edition, Jun 15»
3
The breakdown of the Philippines
Cabbies mulct passengers openly because airport cops own the taxis. Long contracted is the erection of a new passenger terminal at the ... «Philippine Star, May 15»
4
Greece and Israel: Two States at the Tipping Point By Dr. Robert Zaller
But it did not attempt to single out particular states for fiscal punishment, or use the crisis as an opportunity to mulct them of their assets and strip ... «Hellenic News of America, Apr 15»
5
Bank of the Mafia
They could mulct, diddle and exploit their clients, or they could employ cunning legal counsel to advise management on how to fudge numbers, ... «Akron Legal News, Mar 15»
6
Largest Wealth Transfer in History is Coming
The estate tax, which the ultra-high net worth individuals noted by Wealth-X will likely be able largely to avoid, is instead intended to mulct ... «The New American, Jan 15»
7
Opinion ( Leaderboard Top ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1
When I take the car, I sit in traffic and endure constables out to mulct. I would be happy to take the trains all the time if the system was kinder to ... «Philippine Star, Jan 15»
8
Commemorating 1916: We need to rekindle a spirit of idealism
I would involve the diaspora in the celebrations, not to mulct it for tourist revenue, as was done during The Gathering, but to have 1916 ... «Irish Times, Dec 14»
9
Finally, elections in Delhi
The three names announced from the corporate sector are probably of those companies which the Modi government has not been able to mulct ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Nov 14»
10
A Funny Mix of Old and New
... a woman of more than usually easy virtue, in a vacant London townhouse wherein the trio endeavors to mulct a parade of pigeons out of all ... «Wall Street Journal, Aug 14»

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