levy : Idioms & Phrases

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capital levy

  • noun a tax on capital or property
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levy en masse

  • noun the act of drafting into military service
    levy.
WordNet

Levy in mass

  • F. levée en masse, a requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.
Webster 1913

To levy a fine

  • to commence and carry on a suit for assuring the title to lands or tenements. Blackstone.
Webster 1913

To levy blackmail

  • to extort money by threats, as of injury to one's reputation.
Webster 1913

To levy on goods and chattels

  • to take into custody or seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ.
Webster 1913

To levy war

  • to make or begin war; to take arms for attack; to attack.
Webster 1913