To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
To make desirable or necessary.
To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.
to exact revenge on someone
Making excessive demands; difficult to satisfy.
(of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
(of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.