levy
/ˈlɛ.vi/ verb C2- To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. · to levy a tax
- To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
- To draft someone into military service.
- To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
- To wage war.
- To raise, as a siege.
- To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
He/she/it levies · Past levied · Past participle levied · -ing form levying
Verb forms
- Base form
- levy
- He/she/it
- levies
- Past
- levied
- Past participle
- levied
- -ing form
- levying
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Acton’s, and having thus got them into his power, proceeded, under threats of exposure, to levy blackmail upon them.
The Bourbons left him quietly enough at the Catalans, but Napoleon returned, a special levy was made, and Fernand was compelled to join.
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