exacted

Example Sentences

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The report defines “forced labor” as “all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

It is unclear if payments are being exacted under the new system.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Still, the relationships with Epstein have exacted tolls.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

“Valley Song,” the greatest of the post-apartheid works, offers a lyrical meditation on the human cost of change, the losses exacted by progress.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

Up close, it was plain the burden of so many souls had exacted its toll.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead