exaction

From Middle English exaccion, from Middle French exaction, from Old French, from Latin exāctiō.

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.

• exaction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• exaction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

• cinoxate

Borrowed from Latin exactiō.

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exaction f (plural exactions)

1. extortion
2. exaction

• “exaction” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

exaction

1. Alternative form of exaccion