noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
oppressive exaction; harsh levying
Formal or literary term for harshly demanding payment, especially taxes. Often appears in the compound 苛斂誅求 (かれんちゅうきゅう).
See also: 苛斂誅求
苛斂誅求に苦しむ民の声が史料に残っている。
Voices of people suffering from oppressive taxation remain in historical records.
誅求は古い文章で見られる表現で、現代ではほとんど使われない。
誅求 is an expression found in old texts and is rarely used today.