rook vs mulct

rook and mulct both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rook	Yes	No	Yes	No
mulct	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, rook and mulct are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of rook include bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, nobble, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize.

rook (noun)	mulct (noun)
common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow	money extracted as a penalty
(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

rook (verb)	mulct (verb)
deprive of by deceit	impose a fine on
	deprive of by deceit