levying
verb
Definitions
To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
Example: 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.
noun
Definitions
The act by which something is levied.
Example: levyings of war