héng​zhēng​bào​liǎn

to levy exorbitant taxes

Senses

横征暴敛/ 橫徵暴斂 héng​zhēng​bào​liǎn (also héng​zhēng​bào​liàn) variants: 橫征暴斂 to levy exorbitant taxes

to extort taxes by force or through inventing unfair new excuses; to plunder the people's wealth through heavy taxation

References

synonym 苛捐杂税/苛捐雜稅 横征暴敛/橫徵暴斂
see 暴敛横征/暴斂橫徵 横征暴敛/橫徵暴斂