mulct.................

This word for the day is brought to us by Mr. Webster and his
Third Edition of the New World College Dictionary:

mulct              v.       1.  to punish by a fine or by depriving of
                                      something   2.  to extract (money, etc.)
                                      from someone as by fraud or deceit.

as in:

To quote Fred Reed, "We must create jobs (how?), get
America back to work (how?), and favor all the vague
platitudes intended to mulct fools. All right, I hereby
declare myself mulcted. So why vote?"