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Exacted

To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.

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verb
  1. 1

    To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.

    "to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone"

  2. 2

    To make desirable or necessary.

  3. 3

    To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.

    "to exact revenge on someone"

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Exacted"

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perfectverb(transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.
accurateTelling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
preciseverb(nonstandard, European Union documents, transitive) To make or render precise; to specify.
literalnounExactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.
verbatimnounWord for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.
word-for-wordUsing exactly the same words (as were originally used).
rightverb(transitive) To set upright.
directverbTo manage, control, steer.
demandverbTo request forcefully.
rigorousShowing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
claimverbTo demand ownership of.
strictGoverned or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
takeverb(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
correctverb(transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
call forverb(figuratively) To request, demand.
mathematicalOf, or relating to mathematics
photographicPertaining to photographs or photography.
assumedSupposed or presumed.
chargedHaving electricity.
claimed"Claimed" is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on February 23, 2014.

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