Meaning of 'mulct' in Samoan is: mulct

mulct: mulct

Noun:

lelei, faʻasalaga, lafoai, totogi, taui, faamagaloga, faaleleiga.

Verb:

lelei, faʻasala, faʻaleaga, tipi motu.

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Noun(1) money extracted as a penalty
Verb(1) deprive of by deceit(2) impose a fine on

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(1) In the Gula-Thing law it is written that the murderer's family had to pay a mulct of 189 cows for the killing of a freeholder.(2) This discontinuation is really a ploy to rob and mulct the historic taxpayers to rescue the finances of the municipality.(3) no government dared propose to mulct the taxpayer for such a purpose(4) Must we account him a u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510bad king,u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb sacrificing the interests of England, concerned only to mulct the realm for the benefit of his principal life's work, the Crusade?(5) The punishments and penalty for first offense could include a jailhouse term of up to one twelvemonth plus a mulct of up to $3000.(6) However, granting him the moral and legal right to mulct his fellows increases his moral degradation instead of ending it, for the beneficiary is now further removed from the production line than ever.(7) They have joined erstwhile political masters and mafia men to mulct the state.(8) The alleged debt is simply an accounting fiction that provides a mask over reality and furnishes a convenient means for mulcting the taxpayer.(9) You wouldn't catch me in one even though Kennet Council mulcts me for hundreds of pounds every year to subsidise their u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510Leisure Centresu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb.(10) It is, however, small consolation to the higher-income person that the poorer man is paying the same percentage of income in tax as he, for the wealthier person is being mulcted far more than before.(11) Supposing a landowner exploits his tenants and mulcts them of the fruit of their toil by appropriating it to his own use.(12) They write, u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510Indians had little comprehension of the value of money, the ownership of landu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u252cu00ac and so land sharks and grog sellers found it easy to mulct them of their propertyu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb.(13) Before he left for the north, Henry mulcted the citizens of 500 marks.(14) They guarantee overtime to specific, politically approved occupations: namely those in the public sector where overtime merely results in mulcting the taxpayer.