Levied (5)
I believe the answer is:
taxed
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">levied</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(taxing is a kind of levying)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for taxed that I've seen before include "Made heavy demands on" , "Heavily burdened" , "Stretched" , "Weighed down" , "Imposed duty on" .)