exactions

His term of office was one long history of papal exactions from the English clergy, and of the tyranny of foreigners, creatures of Henry III., over the rights of the nation.

The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. Hartley Withers 1908

Property-rights advocates decry impact fees and other so-called exactions -- requirements to donate land or make concessions to gain a government permit -- as a means for local governments to avoid unpopular tax increases for all residents by singling out new arrivals to pay for city projects.

Rising Use of 'Impact' Fees 2007

But in May, the New York-based Human Rights Watch monitor group slammed "exactions" against Rwandan and Burundian refugees lodged in Tanzania.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

He thought he was done for the rest of his life with the "exactions" and "tyrannies" of the King of Prussia.

Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German Charles Morris 1877

This act, which I conceive to have been more arbitrary in form than in intention, was followed by a closing attack upon the remaining "exactions" of the Bishop of Rome.

The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856

According to officials from the county and the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, the current system involves case-by-case "exactions" assessed against developers as part of the approvals process.

Aspen Times - Top Stories 2009

Exhaust them [the aristocracy - ed.] with unjust exactions, to keep them busied with their own affairs.

Sailing to Byzantium « View From a Height 2009

To my certain knowlege, some health inspectors demand bribes, and will overlook some minor violations after collecting their unlawful exactions.

Mmm... Immigration Doughnuts, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

But confidential U.N. reports that we've seen speak of "wide-scale exactions against unarmed civilians with specific targeting of African tribes," and of people targeted "along racial/ethnic lines."

Mia Farrow: Is This the Next Darfur? Mia Farrow 2011

But confidential U.N. reports that we've seen speak of "wide-scale exactions against unarmed civilians with specific targeting of African tribes," and of people targeted "along racial/ethnic lines."

Are We Witnessing the Next Darfur? Mia Farrow 2011