Synonyms for Mulct (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (money extracted as a penalty):
amercement, fine, fineWordNet sense 2 (deprive of by deceit):
bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, rook, scam, swindle, victimize, nobble, short-change, hornswoggle, gipFrom the ODE community, based on WordNetadd/edit