exacted

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The report defines “forced labor” as “all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

It is unclear if payments are being exacted under the new system.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

“IBM has effectively exacted change across every major technology computing cycle over the last century,” Woodring explains.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

American veteran Riggs beat Australia's Margaret Court before King exacted revenge four months later.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

The Aztecs flourished culturally, economically, militarily, and politically, but they faced growing rebellion by the peoples from whom they exacted tribute.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz