exacting

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