Plural of exaction; instances of demanding and obtaining something by force or authority, often unjustly.
From exaction (noun, from Latin exactio 'a demanding, collecting') + -s. Describes multiple instances of forceful extraction or demands.
The word 'exactions' appears constantly in historical accounts of conquest and colonization—it's the formal term for when powerful people simply take what they want from those with less power.
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