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A payment or demand imposed with severity or unfairness.

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exaction

The villagers protested the ruler's burdensome exactions.
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An exaction in a fictional fair contract requires stallholders to surrender half their daily takings on top of the fee they already agreed to pay.
From Resources and Unequal Demands.
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