mulct

Etymology

From Middle French mulcter (“to fine, punish”), from Latin multa (“penalty, fine”). Possibly a Doublet of milk.

noun

1. (law) A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one.

verb

1. To impose such a fine or penalty.
   None of their numerous quarrels with Rome from 437 (?) B.C. onwards (Liv. 4. 17) led to any decisive result until their rebellion in the year 341 B.C., when the city, despite its strong position on a hill with steep sides, was taken (e.g. Polyb. 1. 65) and mulcted of half its territory. 1897, Robert Seymour Conway, The Italic Dialects, Cambridge University Press, page 370
2. To swindle (someone) out of money.
   However, the pressure on the legislature to license an occupation rarely comes from the members of the public who have been mulcted or in other ways abused by members of the occupation. 1962, Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom, page 140