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  • noun Plural form of exactor.

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Examples

  • Matthew stopped cheating and abusing his people tax collectors were paid a share of the taxes they collected and had a staff called exactors to smack the snot out of anyone who didn't want to pay up and followed Jesus.

    This years Al Smith dinner Dymphna 2008

  • Matthew stopped cheating and abusing his people tax collectors were paid a share of the taxes they collected and had a staff called exactors to smack the snot out of anyone who didn't want to pay up and followed Jesus.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Dymphna 2008

  • OTTAWA - In the lower level of a building where bettors fret about things such as exactors and triactors, where busloads of casino-goers stuff slot machines full of 20-dollar bills - sweat-soaked men are hip - tossing and bodyslamming each other.

    Ottawa Sun 2010

  • (See Isa 3: 4). oppressors -- literally, "exactors," that is, exacting princes (Isa

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • The second great officer of the corporation was the camerlingo, or treasurer; at one time his office was even more important than that of the consul, but little by little a large part of his powers went to computors, exactors, taxators, depositors.

    The Guilds 2007

  • For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • O my people, your exactors glean you, and those who extort from you shall rule over you.

    ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

  • For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

    Isaiah 60. 1999

  • And a little after, for shepherds, exactors, and publicans, restitution is difficult.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

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