noun
Extortion
demand, levying, expropriation, blackmail; see command 1, theft.
Something exacted
fee, toll, ransom, levy; see bribe, tax 1.
See exaction in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
The act of demanding:
A fixed amount of money charged for a privilege or service:
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