A victim of fraud persuaded to use his own name and information to obtain an expensive item with credit contract attached, such as a smartphone. The victim, or "mule," is paid when he gives the item to the fraudster, and he is assured the contract will be cancelled, but it is not. Thus, the victim acquires a debt while the fraudster can sell the item at a large profit.

(archaic) Dasypus hybridus, the southern long-nosed armadillo.

An idle pulley for guiding a belt which transmits motion between shafts that are not parallel.

cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; in distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame

plural of mule killer

(US, Southern US) Any of various unrelated arthropods, including whip scorpions, velvet ants, mantises, wheel bugs, and walking stick insects, that have been erroneously believed to kill livestock by stinging them or being swallowed.

A connected or unconnected line of mules, pulling or carrying cargo or riders

A bell hung on a mule.

Synonym of zebrule

plural of zebra mule