exacted

Example Sentences

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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

Still, the relationships with Epstein have exacted tolls.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

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

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

In April of 1933, a fresh and reconstituted varsity crew promptly exacted its revenge, sweeping the Olympic champion Cal Bears from their home waters on the Oakland Estuary.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown