exaction Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun act of demanding or levying by force or authority
    • exaction of tribute
    • exaction of various dues and fees

WordNet

Ex*ac"tion noun
Etymology
L. exactio: cf. F. exaction.
Definitions
  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.
    Take away your exactions from my people. Ezek. xlv. 9.
    Daily new exactions are devised. Shak.
    Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials. Bancroft.
  2. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice. Daniel.

Webster 1913