exaction
Compulsory payment demand
Exaction is the act of demanding and obtaining something, especially payment, through force, authority, or insistence.
A tax collector's exactions may be legal but resented.
The word implies coercion or severity: The loan shark's exactions left the family destitute.
In historical contexts, exactions often refer to unjust levies imposed by rulers or occupiers.
Coercion through damaging threats
- racketeeringConducting illegal business schemes
- shakedownForceful extraction of payment
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
- gougingExploitative overpricing
fleecing · profiteering · bribery · kickback · payoff · hush money · ransom · protection money
Compulsory government charge
- tariffTax on traded goods
- tollFee for passage
- dutyRequired moral task
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
impost · excise · tithe · tribute · customs · surcharge · fee · charge
Offering of respect
- fealtyPledged devotion to authority
- homageExpression of deep respect
- vassalageSubordination to a lord
- suzeraintyControl without full annexation
dues · offering · tithe · oblation · benevolence · donative · subsidy · liege
Oppressive, absolute governance
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- subjugationForcing into submission
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
injustice · abuse · cruelty · domination · repression · authoritarianism · burden · imposition
blackmail
Coercion through damaging threats
- racketeeringConducting illegal business schemes
- shakedownForceful extraction of payment
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
gouging · fleecing · profiteering · bribery · kickback · payoff · hush money · ransom · protection money · usury
levy
Compulsory government charge
assessment · impost · excise · tithe · tribute · customs · surcharge · fee · charge · revenue
tribute
Offering of respect
suzerainty · dues · offering · tithe · oblation · benevolence · donative · subsidy · liege · fief
tyranny
Oppressive, absolute governance
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- subjugationForcing into submission
- exploitationSelfish use of others
persecution · injustice · abuse · cruelty · domination · repression · authoritarianism · burden · imposition · hardship
- money demandstax, fee, fees, toll, tolls
- zoningzoning codes, zoning ordinance, zoning code, zoning ordinances, zoning restrictions
exactiondonation
Voluntary charitable gift
gift · gratuity · alms · tip · charitable giving
exactionbestowal
Act of granting something
giving · grant · disbursement · remission · conferral
exactionremission
Temporary disease absence
forgiveness · amnesty · forbearance · leniency · clemency