Exacted
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- (v.) Past tense and past participle of exact, meaning to demand and obtain (something) especially by authority or force.
The government exacted a heavy tax from the merchants.
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Used primarily to denote the past action of demanding or obtaining sums or duties under legal or authoritative power.
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