exaction
noun
1 exaction
Act of demanding or levying by force or authority.
Roget 741:
command,
order,
ordinance,
act,
fiat,
hukm†,
bidding,
dictum,
hest†,
behest,
call,
beck,
nod.
despatch,
dispatch;
message,
direction,
injunction,
charge,
instructions;
appointment,
fixture.
demand,
exaction,
imposition,
requisition,
claim,
reclamation,
revendication†;
ultimatum
etc.
(terms)
770;
request
etc.
765;
requirement.
dictation;
dictate,
mandate;
caveat,
decree,
senatus consultum [Lat.];
precept;
prescript,
rescript;
writ,
ordination,
bull,
ex cathedra pronouncement [Lat.],
edict,
decretal†,
dispensation,
prescription,
brevet,
placit†,
ukase,
ukaz [Rus.],
firman,
hatti-sherif†,
warrant,
passport,
mittimus,
mandamus,
summons,
subpoena,
nisi prius [Lat.],
interpellation,
citation;
word,
word of command;
mot d'ordre [Fr.];
bugle call,
trumpet call;
beat of drum,
tattoo;
order of the day;
enactment
etc.
(law)
963;
plebiscite
etc.
(choice)
609.
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Roget 925:
undueness
etc.
adj.;
malum prohibitum [Lat.];
impropriety;
illegality
etc.
964.
falseness
etc.
adj.;
emptiness of title,
invalidity of title;
illegitimacy.
loss of right,
disfranchisement,
forfeiture.
usurpation,
tort,
violation,
breach,
encroachment,
presumption,
assumption,
seizure;
stretch,
exaction,
imposition,
lion's share.
usurper,
pretender.
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Dutch: afpersing
Polish: egzakcja
Moby thesaurus: admission, admission fee, anchorage, blackmail, bother, brokerage, burdening, call, call for, carfare, cellarage, charge, charges, charging, claim, contribution, cover charge, demand, demand for, dockage, draft, drain, dues, duty, entrance fee, exactment, extortion, extortionate demand, fare, fee, freighting, heavy demand, hire, imposing an onus, imposition, impost, inconsiderateness, inconvenience, indent, infliction, insistent demand, laying on, levy, license fee, loading, loading down, nonnegotiable demand, notice, obtrusiveness, order, pilotage, portage, presumptuousness, rending, requirement, requisition, ripping, rush, rush order, salvage, scot, scot and lot, shot, storage, tasking, tax, taxing, tearing, toll, towage, tribute, trouble, ultimatum, unwarranted demand, warning, weighting, wharfage, wrench, wrenching, wrest, wresting, wring, wringing ... show more.
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