Like on-the-books income

• Like a homeowner or income earner
• Demanded money, government-style
• Applied levy
• Pushed hard
• Tried, as patience
• Severely tested
• Like legalized marijuana
• Placed a burden on
• Like capital gains

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tax \Tax\ (t[a^]ks), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taxed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Taxing .] [Cf. F. taxer. See Tax , n.] To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government. ...