Mall, Maul & Moll

Mall is an urban shopping center, often enclosed to protect shoppers from the weather: “The metro cities have an abundance of malls which are known for offering a wide variety of goods and an enjoyable ambience.”
Maul has the following meanings:-
1. A tool used for splitting logs or wood: “We cut the logs with a maul to use them as firewood.”
2. To injure or to handle roughly: “The cat mauled the rat to the extent that the latter died .”
Moll, on the other hand, means a woman companion of a gunman or gangster: “Hellan has acted as moll of the villain in many pictures with great skill and depth.”