exaction
Example Sentences
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Godard considers images of war and cinematic representations of law—and the exactions and depravities committed in its name.
From The New Yorker
"Evidently, we still have to restore peace in our two regions of the North-West and the South-West, overburdened by secessionist exactions".
From BBC
Even more basically, government may not exact property unlawfully, and it must return any property that it acquires through an unlawful exaction.
In Kasai, only the UN stands between the people and exactions of the state and different militias.
From BBC
The California courts have said these fees are not an “exaction” or a taking of property, but rather a reasonable regulation of development.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
