Legal Definitions - fortaxed

Definition: Fortaxed (for-takst) means to be wrongly or extortionately taxed.

• When the government charged me double the amount of taxes I owed, I felt fortaxed.
• During the colonial era, the British fortaxed the American colonies without giving them any representation in the government.

The examples illustrate the definition of fortaxed by showing situations where individuals or groups are unfairly taxed. In the first example, the government charged the person more than they owed, which is a form of wrongful taxation. In the second example, the British government imposed high taxes on the American colonies without giving them any say in the matter, which is a form of extortionate taxation.