mulcting
English
Verb
mulcting
- present participle of mulct
Noun
mulcting (plural mulctings)
- The imposition of a fine or penalty.
- 1889, Rudyard Kipling, The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney
- There was a palanquin, for the up-keep of which we were forced to pay nine-tenths of our monthly wage. On such mulctings Dearsley Sahib allowed us to make obeisance to him before the palanquin.
- 1889, Rudyard Kipling, The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney