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exaction
noun
formaluk /ɪɡˈzæk.ʃən/ us /ɪɡˈzæk.ʃən/
[ C or U ]
the act of demanding and getting something, sometimes using force or threats, or an example of this:
exaction ofAny exaction of money or property was prohibited by law.
These exactions sometimes led to quarrels with the authorities.
[ C ]
something, especially a sum of money, that is obtained from someone, sometimes using force or threats:
The large exactions were such a burden that the people often lived in poverty.
The army continued a policy of forcible exaction of food from the villagers.
He was trying to protect his fortune from the exactions of the tax collectors.
They have a general right to make any exactions they consider necessary.
The judges decided that the exaction was unlawful.
The king imposed heavy and illegal exactions upon the people who lived in the forest.
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