exact tribute

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Huk agents exact tribute and taxes from thousands of Filipinos.

From Time Magazine Archive

For example, the Spanish conquistadores wished to exact tribute from Mexico’s defeated native populations, so they were very interested in the Aztec Empire’s tribute lists.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

These two men informed us there were five more chiefs, living but two hours from each other, who would exact tribute, or black-mail, like those we had seen.

From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)

Crowds were expected to flock in, and the master of the hotel intended to act royally by them—that is, exact tribute from them whilst they were at his mercy.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus

But sometimes one city would establish an ascendancy over others and exact tribute from their population.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)