exactors

/ɪɡˈzæktərz/
noun
  1. Plural of exactor; people who demand or enforce payment of something.
    • Several exactors arrived at the market to collect the merchants' fees.
    • The exactors were known for their harsh methods of collecting taxes.
    • The villagers complained to the king about the cruel exactors.
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