EXACTING
\ɛɡzˈaktɪŋ], \ɛɡzˈaktɪŋ], \ɛ_ɡ_z_ˈa_k_t_ɪ_ŋ]\
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Demanding or compelling to pay or yield under color of authority: requiring authoritatively: demanding or disposed to demand without pity or justice: extorting: compelling by necessity: unreasonably severe or oppressive. "With a temper so exacting, he was more likely to claim what he thought due, than to consider what others might award."-Arnold.
By Daniel Lyons
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Exaction.
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Making unreasonable demands; taxing.
By James Champlin Fernald
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