Exaction /(?)/

Ex·ac·tion

Exaction

n.
  1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.
    Take away your exactions from my people.
    — Ezek. xlv. 9.
    Daily new exactions are devised.
    Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials.
  2. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.