mulcted
Swindled of money
Mulcted is the past tense of mulct, meaning to extract money from someone through fine, taxation, or fraud.
The word carries a sense of being swindled or unjustly deprived: The company mulcted investors out of millions.
It often implies the extraction was legal in form but unfair in substance.
Given a disadvantage for violation
- leviedImposed by authority
- chargedFormally accused of crime
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
- assessedDetermined value or quality
ticketed · cited · docked · surcharge · forfeit · exaction · imposed · restitution
Illegally deceived for gain
- cheatedActed dishonestly to win
- connedDeceived for gain
- fleecedDefrauded of money
- bilkedDefrauded of money
robbed · duped · scammed · tricked · deceived · swindled · hoodwinked · victimized
Given a disadvantage for violation
- disciplinedHaving strict self-control
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
- chastisedCriticized severely for wrongdoing
- finedPenalized with payment
sentenced · reprimanded · admonished · castigated · censured · corrected · convicted · judged
penalized
Given a disadvantage for violation
- leviedImposed by authority
- chargedFormally accused of crime
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
assessed · ticketed · cited · docked · surcharge · forfeit · exaction · imposed · restitution · indemnity
defrauded
Illegally deceived for gain
bilked · robbed · duped · scammed · tricked · deceived · swindled · hoodwinked · victimized · exploited
penalized
Given a disadvantage for violation
- disciplinedHaving strict self-control
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
- chastisedCriticized severely for wrongdoing
fined · sentenced · reprimanded · admonished · castigated · censured · corrected · convicted · judged · punished
mulctedcompensated
Paid for service rendered
reimbursed · rewarded · enriched · paid · indemnified
mulctedexonerated
Cleared of wrongdoing
acquitted · absolved · vindicated · cleared · pardoned