exaction
Example Sentences
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“From the moment migrant workers begin the process of seeking work in Qatar, they are drawn into a highly exploitative system that facilitates the exaction of forced labor by their employers,” the representatives said.
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2023
Other areas of technology that Australia sees as critical include advanced cyber security, communications, mineral exaction, autonomous vehicles and novel antibiotics.
From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2021
It does not, however, control whether an exaction is within Congress’ power to tax.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2012
It does not, however, control whether an exaction is within Congress' power to tax.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2012
But the merchet, or fine paid for marriage, must have been a bitter burden, while the heriot, or mortuary, is to modern ideas an exaction of unredeemed iniquity.
From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.
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