横征暴敛

横征暴敛
héngzhēngbàoliǎn

to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force

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MEANING

  1. verb

    to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force

    • This government levies taxes brutally and arbitrarily, causing the people to live in hardship.

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