goonda tax
n.— «Addressing newsmen here today, Mr Bansi Lal described the extortions as “goonda- tax.”» —“Mining mafia: ex-CM seeks probe” by Jatinder Sharma in Rohtak Tribune (Chandigarh, India) Feb. 13, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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