exorbitant tax levies; exorbitant [heavy] taxes and levies; exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous levies; extortionate taxes and harsh levies; miscellaneous levies and exorbitant surtaxes; multifarious taxes; the exaction of exorbitant tributes and the imposition of excises of many varieties
Even though decentralized England expands its bureaucracy and collected taxes much more efficiently than across the channel in France, state-making involved more officials there.
