Synonyms:
exaction
Meaning: act of demanding or levying by force or authority; "exaction of tribute"; "exaction of various dues and fees"
Usage examples
I communed with myself: By his brow he is a thinker, but his intellect has been prostituted to a mercenary exaction of toll from misery.
This he did not regard as stealing, but merely as the exaction of a small and reasonable tribute from a Society which had of late neglected to feed him any too well.