What is "tax collectors"

Usage examples of "tax collectors".

The scrawny waterman looked in dismay at the bank of justices, appealing silently this terrible verdict: they were wresting from him land which he cherished, which his ancestors had acquired from Indians and protected with their lives against wolves and mosquitoes and tax collectors and Steeds who had wanted to plant it in tobacco.

Shabby, broken-down furniture's very expensive in Kanthon, and rich men take lessons from stonemasons to learn how to lay flagstones very neatly, so that the tax collectors can't identify the flat rock that covers the hole in the floor where the rich man hides his gold.

Sometimes I smell ginger frying in a hot steel wok and it's like I've been dropped into a time machine and I'm five again, washing vegetables for Auntie Liu and laughing until I ache as I listen to her stories about wise peasants and foolish tax collectors.

What he had seen of Mr Treyer, VAT men, the contradictions between income and income tax and the wiles and ways of both tax collectors and tax evaders, only confirmed his view that the modern world was a sordid and corrupt place.

While Pullid traveled to meet a number of people, even armsmen and those who appeared to be tax collectors, Cerryl could never see any trace of coins, let alone anything other than conversations, usually brief.

They pose as tax collectors, and then, in that guise, take what they wish.