goonda tax
n.— «The main accused in the Magarasa massacre was arrested by the police on Wednesday morning from the same locality while he was engaged in extorting goonda tax from shopkeepers.» —“Main accused in Magarasa homicide arrested” in Kanpur Times of India Mar. 19, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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