exaction

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English

Etymology

From Middle English exaccion, from Middle French exaction, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from Latin exāctiō.

Noun

exaction (countable and uncountable, plural exactions)

  1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force
    the exaction to tribute or of obedience
  2. extortion.
  3. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exactiō.

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Noun

exaction f (plural exactions)

  1. extortion
  2. exaction

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Middle English

Noun

exaction

  1. Alternative form of exaccion