exaction|exactions in English

noun

[ex'ac·tion || -kʃn]

extortion, act of demanding or requiring more than is reasonable

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1. Flambard's lasting Burthens and exactions

2. (2005) Ethics and Lobbying Issues Committee (LRC)(1991) Exactions Committee (LRC)(1993) Executive Budget Act Revisions, Jt Comm

3. There are many synonyms of Briberies which include Bribe, Bribery, Exaction, Extortion, Milking, Payoff, Ransom, Tribute, Protection, Hush Money, Slush Fund, etc.

4. Reports were presented on the condition of the Yuan provinces were full of complaints about the Lamas who, armed with their golden seals, rode about the province making exaction and treating the people in a shameful way.

5. Appeal to - appraise - approach - assemble - Biddance - birdcall - call away - call back - call down - call upon - cast lots - chastise - christen - come over - defiance - dial tone - drafting - draughty - draw lots - entreaty - estimate - etiology - evaluate - exaction - forecast - foretell - identify - last post - listen in - …

6. ‘This placed an onerous tax burden on townsmen (taxation had been extended beyond Burgesses to resident non-Burgesses).’ ‘In March 1340 he travelled to London on community business, to show proof to the city authorities that Lynn Burgesses were exempt from murage exactions there.’

7. Bedouins use a number of social mechanism – including exile from the tribe, exaction of “blood money” or vengeance to right a crime and payment of diyyeh which is a compensation paid to a murder victim’s family by the family of the murderer – to maintain order in the society