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exacting

verb
  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. To make desirable or necessary.

  3. To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.

    "to exact revenge on someone"

adjective
  1. Making excessive demands; difficult to satisfy.

  2. (of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.

  3. (of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.

Synonymsacquisitive, extortionate, grasping, money-grubbing, rapacious, demanding

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