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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Exaction \Ex*ac"tion\, n. [L. exactio: cf. F. exaction.]
1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay
or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by
force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to
tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.
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Take away your exactions from my people. --Ezek.
xlv. 9.
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Daily new exactions are devised. --Shak.
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Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials.
--Bancroft.
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2. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or
contribution, demanded or levied with severity or
injustice. --Daniel.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exaction
n 1: act of demanding or levying by force or authority;
"exaction of tribute"; "exaction of various dues and fees"
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