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

But his patience, at last, gave out, for he was told after he had settled the last tribute that there were five more chiefs ahead who would exact tribute.

From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler

For, how are the inhabitants of Smyrna and Lampsacus better entitled to the character of Greeks, than the Neapolitans, Rhegians, and Tarentines, from whom you exact tribute, and ships, in pursuance of a treaty?

From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus

To exact tribute from subjects, to receive pay or presents from the king, and to give away without forethought whatever was not immediately wanted, was their mode of dealing with money.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John