Mulet

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. To punish someone by imposing a monetary fine ; to cheat a person out of money or property through fraud or deceit
2. To levy a financial penalty on a person as punishment ; to take money or valuables from someone by trickery or dishonest means
3. To sentence someone to pay a sum of money as a penalty ; to defraud a person by deceptive dealing so that they lose their funds

Etymology: "Mulet" is a word for a fine or penalty, especially one imposed on an official for misconduct, and it came into English by way of French. Its Middle French form "mulet" was borrowed from the Latin "multa," meaning a fine or penalty, which is also the source of English "multa" and the verb "mulct." English speakers borrowed it in the sense of a monetary punishment, and the word has stayed close to that legal meaning ever since.