swindle vs mulct

swindle and mulct both are nouns.

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

As verbs, swindle and mulct are synonyms defined as:

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

swindle (noun)	mulct (noun)
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme	money extracted as a penalty

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